The al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades (Arabic: ألوية الناصر صلاح الدين, lit. 'Brigades of Saladin the Victorious') is the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, a set of various Palestinian militant organizations that operate in the Gaza Strip.
History
These brigades participated in Operation Dispersive Illusion (Arabic: الوهم المتبدد), which resulted in the capture of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The group is also known for blowing up a Merkava tank,[2] the main battle tank of the Israel Defense Forces.
The brigades fought during the Gaza War from December 2008 to January 2009.
The group also took part in the 2014 Israel–Gaza conflict,[3] and the death of one of its members in an Israeli raid was one of the reasons for the outbreak of Gaza–Israel clashes in November 2018.[4]
In December 2023, the brigades reportedly engaged in combat with the Israel Defense Forces in Khan Yunis on the southern front of the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip.[5]
References
- ^ "Popular Resistance Committee Backgrounder: 2018".
- ^ "Popular Resistance Committee Backgrounder: 2018". CAMERA. Retrieved 2024-04-07.
- ^ "Qassam brigades claim rocket, mortar fire at southern Israel Archived 2014-12-19 at the Wayback Machine", Ma'an News Agency, Monday 21 July 2014.
- ^ "Israel-Gaza violence erupts after covert op killings". BBC.com. 12 November 2018.
- ^ "Iran Update, December 6, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. 2023-12-06. Retrieved 2023-12-11.
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