Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades

Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades
كتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى
Katāʾib Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā
LeadersAhmad Sa'adat
Abu Jamal (spokesperson)
Dates of operation1967–present
AllegiancePopular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
MotivesEstablishing an independent, secular, and socialist state in Palestine (region).
Active regionsWest Bank
Gaza strip
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Ideology
SizeUnknown
AlliesState allies:
 Iran
 Syria
 Libya (until 2011)[4] Non-state allies:
Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Al-Quds Brigades
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine National Resistance Brigades
 Hezbollah
Opponents Israel
Battles and warsWar 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
Websitewww.abuali.ps

The Brigades of the Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa (Arabic: كتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى, romanizedKatāʾib 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.

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  2. ^ "Platform of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)" (1969). From Walter Laqueur and Barry Rubin, eds., The Israel-Arab Reader (New York: Penguin Books, 2001).
  3. ^ "Background Information on Foreign Terrorist Organizations ." Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism, United States Department of State
  4. ^ "PFLP, DFLP, PFLP-GC, Palestinian leftists". Council on Foreign Relations.