Jihad Jibril Brigades كتائب جهاد جبريل | |
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Founding leader | Ahmed Jibril |
Leaders | Talal Naji |
Foundation | 1969 |
Dates of operation | 1969–present |
Country | Palestine and Syria |
Motives | Establishing an independent nationalist, secular and socialist Palestinian state of pre-1948 borders |
Headquarters | Gaza strip and Syria |
Ideology | |
Status | Active |
Size | Unknown |
Part of | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command |
Allies | State allies: Iran Syria Non-state allies: Al-Qassam Brigades Al-Quds Brigades Hezbollah As-Sa'iqa Fatah al-Intifada National Resistance Brigades Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades |
Opponents | South Lebanon Army (until 2000) Israel Free Syrian Army Syrian National Army Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis Islamic State al-Qaeda |
Battles and wars | Arab–Israeli conflict Lebanese Civil War Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon Israeli–Lebanese conflict Syrian civil war 2023 Israel–Hamas war |
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The Jihad Jibril Brigades (Arabic: كتائب جهاد جبريل) form the paramilitary branch of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-CG). They are named after Jihad Ahmed Jibril, the son of founder Ahmed Jibril and former head of the brigades, who died in an car bombing in Beirut in 2002. Their symbolism is the flag of the PFLP-CG in black and white.