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The opening as it read in 2005

Al-Quds brigades is the armed wing of palestinian islamist organisation Palestinian Islamic Jihad .¹ Especially active in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip , the Al-Quds brigades are reportedly receiving orders from the islamic jihad leadership in Damascus , Syria .² Since the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada , in september 2000, the Al-Quds brigades were responsible for many attacks directed at israeli civilians as well as the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) wich claimed the lives of 124 people, according to the MIPT Terrorism Database . The group carried out numerous shooting attacks and bombings, including suicide bombings .³ The Al-Quds brigades were very active in the West Bank, especially in the town of Jenin , but extensive operations againts its infrastructures carried out by the IDF resulted in severe losses to the group, and the latter appeared significatively weakened by 2004 in that region.⁴ In the Gaza Strip, the Al-Quds Brigades continued to gain strenght during the Al-Aqsa Intifada, despite IDF strikes wich killed many of its fighters and commanders. The identities of the current leaders' of the group are kept secret due to security concerns. The Al-Quds brigades, althrough significatively smaller that its Hamas ' counterpart, the Ezzedeen-al-qassam brigades, follow the same structural model and copy its pattern of attacks. At the beginning of 2005, the Al-Quds Brigades refused to join a truce negociated between Israel and the Palestinian Authority . As a result, the group's members continued to plan and carry out many attacks that killed severeal israelis. As of the middle of 2005, IDF identified the Al-Quds brigades as the main threat they face in a security point of view, considering the Ezzedeen-al-qassam brigades' general restraint.⁵

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The opening as it stood in 2010 9 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

The al-Quds Brigades (in Arabic , Saraya al-Quds ) is the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Especially active in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip , the al-Quds Brigades are reportedly receiving orders from the PIJ leadership in Damascus , Syria . The al-Quds Brigades were very active in the West Bank, especially in the town of Jenin , but extensive operations against its infrastructures carried out by the IDF resulted in severe losses to the group, and it appeared significantly weakened by 2004 in that region. In the Gaza Strip, the al-Quds Brigades continued to fight for their cause, which is to return Palestinians to what the brigades consider their rightful homeland. On March 1, 2006 Abu al-Walid al-Dahdouh , a commander of the group's military wing, was targeted and killed by a bomb or missile as he drove past the Palestinian finance ministry. On August 30, 2006 the leader of the al-Quds Brigades, Hussam Jaradat , was killed by Israel. He was shot in the Jenin refugee camp by the IDF.

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Al-Quds Brigades ( , Saraya al-Quds meaning Jerusalem Brigades ) is the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). Especially active in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip , the al-Quds Brigades were founded in 1981 by Fathi Shaqaqi and Abd Al Aziz Awda in Gaza, and is reportedly receiving orders from the PIJ leadership in Damascus , Syria . The al-Quds Brigades were very active in the West Bank, especially in the town of Jenin , but extensive operations against its infrastructures carried out by the IDF resulted in severe losses to the group, and it appeared significantly weakened by 2004 in that region. On March 1, 2006 Abu al-Walid al-Dahdouh , a commander of the group's military wing, was targeted and killed by a bomb or missile as he drove past the Palestinian finance ministry. On August 30, 2006 the West Bank leader of the Islamic Jihad 's military wing, al-Quds Brigades, Hussam Jaradat , was shot and killed by undercover Israel Defense Forces in the city of Jenin. In the Gaza Strip, the al-Quds Brigades continued to fight militarily, e.g. by indiscriminate al-Quds rocket -attacks out of populated civilian areas. The al-Quds Brigades promote the military destruction of Israel, e.g. indiscriminate rocket and mortar fire or suicide bombings. The international community considers the use of indiscriminate attacks on civilian populations and the use of human shields as illegal under international law . Their cause is the establishment of an Islamic state and to settle Palestinians to what the brigades consider their rightful homeland within the geographic borders of the pre-1948 British-mandated Palestine . It refuses to participate in political processes or negotiations about a swap of Israeli and Palestinian settlements. The International Christian Embassy Jerusalem . Journal of Slavic Military Studies . 20 . The New York Times Company . Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts (Protocol I), 8 June 1977 . International Committee of the Red Cross .

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The opening as it stood in 2020 12 passages from the previous snapshot no longer appear

Al-Quds Brigades (AQB) ( , Saraya al-Quds meaning Jerusalem Brigades ) is the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), The head of AQB in Gaza was Baha Abu al-Ata . AQB's leader is Ziyad al-Nakhalah , based in Damascus , Syria . The PIJ is the second largest group in the Gaza Strip, after Hamas. AQB's parent organization, PIJ, is devoted to the establishment of an Islamic state, and the settlement of Palestinians in what it considers their rightful homeland within the geographic borders of the pre-1948 British-mandated Palestine . It refuses to participate in political processes or negotiations about a swap of Israeli and Palestinian settlements. The PIJ is majority funded by Iran.

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Al-Quds Brigades ( AQB ) ( , Saraya al-Quds meaning Jerusalem Brigades ) is the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), which is the second largest group in the Gaza Strip, after Hamas. AQB's leader is Ziyad al-Nakhalah , based in Damascus , Syria . The head of AQB in the Gaza Strip was Baha Abu al-Ata until he was killed in November 2019. AQB's parent organization, PIJ, is devoted to the establishment of an Islamic state, and the settlement of Palestinians in what it considers their rightful homeland within the geographic borders of the pre-1948 British-mandated Palestine . It refuses to participate in political processes or negotiations about a swap of Israeli and Palestinian settlements. The PIJ is majority funded by Iran . IDF: Islamic Jihad 'deliberately' fired rocket that landed offshore Holmes, Oliver (12 November 2019).

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Palestinian paramilitary organisation This article is about the group in Palestine. Al-Quds Brigades ( Arabic : سرايا القدس , Sarāyā al-Quds , meaning " Jerusalem Brigades") is a paramilitary organisation and the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), which is the second largest armed group in the Gaza Strip after Hamas . The Al-Quds Brigades (AQB) leader is Ziyad al-Nakhalah , based in Damascus, Syria . Before he was killed in 2019, the head of AQB in the Gaza Strip was Baha Abu al-Ata . AQB's parent organization, PIJ , is devoted to the establishment of an Islamic state and the settlement of Palestinians in what it considers their rightful homeland (i.e., within the geographic borders of the pre-1948 Mandatory Palestine ). It refuses to participate in political processes or negotiations about a swap of Israeli and Palestinian settlements. The PIJ is funded mostly by Iran , having previously received funding from Ba'athist Syria as well, before the fall of the Assad regime in 2024.

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