Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades كتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى Katāʾib Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā | |
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Leaders | Ahmad Sa'adat Abu Jamal (spokesperson) |
Dates of operation | 1967–present |
Allegiance | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine |
Motives | Establishing an independent, secular, and socialist state in Palestine (region). |
Active regions | West Bank Gaza strip Israel Lebanon Syria |
Ideology | |
Size | Unknown |
Allies | State allies: Iran Syria Libya (until 2011)[4] Non-state allies: Al-Qassam Brigades Al-Quds Brigades National Resistance Brigades Hezbollah |
Opponents | Israel |
Battles and wars | War of Attrition Black September Lebanese Civil War First Intifada Second Intifada Gaza War (2008–2009) 2012 Gaza conflict 2014 Gaza war 2021 Conflict 2023–2024 Gaza war |
Website | www.abuali.ps |
The Brigades of the Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa (Arabic: كتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى, romanized: Katāʾib ash-Shahīd Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā) are the armed wing of the Marxist-Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in the Palestinian territories (the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem). It was named after Mustafa Ali Zabri, better known by his kunya Abu Ali Mustafa.