Mujahideen Brigades Explained

Mujahideen Brigades
Dates:2006–present
Founder:Omar Abu Sharia
Kunya: Abu Hafs[1]
Area:
Ideology:
Partof: Palestinian Mujahideen Movement (political wing)
Palestinian Joint Operations Room[3] [4] [5]
Allies:Militants factions:
Al Qassam Brigades

Political and religious:
Rightly Guided Caliphs Assembly (Arabic: مجمع الخلفاء الراشدين الدعوي)[6] [7]
Opponents: Israel
Status:Active
Size:Relatively small[8]
Split: Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades
Battles:

The Mujahideen Brigades (Arabic: كتائب المجاهدين|Kataeb Al-Mujahideen)[11] is the armed wing of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement (Arabic: حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية|Haraka Al-Mujahideen Al-FilisTynya).[12] The General Secretary of the group is Dr. Asad Abu Sharia (Arabic: أسعد أبو شريعة).[13] They are a relatively small group.[8] The group is ideologically more extreme than Hamas, but much smaller.

History

The organization was founded in 2006 by Omar Abu Sharia (Arabic: عمر أبو شريعة).[14] [15]

The Mujahideen Brigades are the military wing of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement, they split from the Fatah Movement, and its forces represent a former brigade in Fatah's militant wing the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, which was called the Brigade of the Martyr Jihad Al-Amarin (Arabic: الشهيد جهاد العمارين) before the schism.[1] Quote in Arabic: <br> "كتائب المجاهدين"، تعتبر الجناح العسكري لحركة المجاهدين الفلسطينيين المنشقة عن حركة فتح، وتُمثل قواتها لواء سابقا بكتائب شهداء الأقصى، وهو لواء "الشهيد جهاد العمارين".

Soon after the split they called themselves "Al-Aqsa Brigades - Mujahideen Brigades", and then they became "Mujahideen Brigades", and later "Palestinian Mujahideen Movement - Military Wing of Mujahideen Brigades".[16]

The leaders and founders of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement are from the Al-Hasayna (Arabic: الحساينة) and Abu Sharia (Arabic: أبو شريعة) families in Gaza, and have Bedouin roots.[1]

Political wing

The political wing is the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement (Arabic: حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية|Haraka Al-Mujahideen Al-FilisTynya).[12]

Militant activity

See also: Palestinian Joint Operations Room.

The militant wing is also led by the movement's leader Dr. Asad Abu Sharia (Arabic: أسعد أبو شريعة).[13]

The Mujahideen Brigades took part in the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis.[17]

2023-2024 war and hostage crisis

See also: Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis, Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip and Bombing of the Gaza Strip.

The Mujahideen Brigades participated in the Israel–Hamas war, attacking Israeli forces in the Gaza Envelope,[2] the Gaza Strip, and the West Bank.[18] [19]

They joined the 7 October attacks initiated by Hamas' Al-Qassam Brigades military wing.[2] On their telegram channels they published videos and photographs of themselves attacking a military base and a kibbutz, fighters posing with a dead IDF soldier in full combat uniform.

They were largely ignored by the media for the first few months of the war, until their videos were broadcast by Arabic language news channels like Al Jazeera Mubasher and Al Araby TV. Propaganda videos from the Mujahideen Brigades used a blue triangle to highlight targets,[20] [21] [22] in place of the red triangle used in videos made by the Qassam Brigades.[23] [24] [25]

On 23 November the homes of the Al-Hasayna (Arabic: الحساينة) and Abu Sharia (Arabic: أبو شريعة) families were destroyed in an airstrike. 93 Palestinians were allegedly killed. (Arabic: وليد زيارة).[26] [27] Neither side acknowledged a possible target, and only civilians casualties were reported.[26] [27]

Kidnapping of the Bibas family

Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were abducted from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7. Kfir was less than one year old at the time and the youngest hostage held by Gaza's militant factions. The IDF claimed they were kidnapped by Hamas, but then said were held by "another group" after they were excluded from the 2023 Israeli–Palestinian prisoner exchange in November 2023.

In November 2023, Mujahideen Brigades stated on social media that the Bibas family was in their custody.[28]

Then on 29 November, during hostage negotiations, Hamas claimed Shiri Bibas and her children had been killed in an Israeli air strike while in captivity. [29] In January the IDF said they were not sure if the trio were being held by Hamas.[30] On 19 February, the IDF presented a video showing Shiri and the children still alive several days after the abduction. The video was apparently filmed in southern Gaza.[31]

The group holding the Bibas family was shown to be the Mujahideen Brigades based on CCTV footage found in Khan Younis.[10] [32] [33]

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: "Mujahideen Brigades" is one of the most prominent resistance factions in the Gaza war, What do you know about it? . ar:"كتائب المجاهدين" من أبرز فصائل المقاومة في حرب غزة..ماذا تعرفون عنها؟ . https://nabd.com/s/133090510-8fe97c/ . 26 July 2024 . موقع نبض nabd.com . صدى نيوز . 20 February 2024 . ar .
  2. Web site: HLN ONDERZOEK. Van jihadisten tot communisten: zeker 10 groeperingen deden mee met actie Palestijnse terroristen . nl . HLN RESEARCH. From jihadists to communists: at least 10 groups participated in Palestinian terrorist action . . Guy Van Vlierden . 14 October 2023 . https://archive.today/20231014124045/https://www.hln.be/israel-palestina/hln-onderzoek-van-jihadisten-tot-communisten-zeker-10-groeperingen-deden-mee-met-actie-palestijnse-terroristen~a2211205/ . 14 October 2023 .
  3. Web site: Hamas terrorist Ayman Nofal explains the workings of the Palestinian organizations' joint operations room in the Gaza Strip. Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center. 2023-11-06. 2023-10-31.
  4. Web site: موسى. رائد. برا وبحرا وجوا.. المقاومة تنفذ أكبر مناورة عسكرية في غزة . 2023-10-31. الجزيرة نت. ar.
  5. Web site: Inbari. Pinhas. 2018-11-15. A "Joint Operations Room" in Gaza – the New Factor in the Balance of Power in Gaza. 2023-10-31. Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs. en-US.
  6. Web site: حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية - مجمع الخلفاء الراشدين الدعوي يدعو لشد الرحال والرباط في المسجد الأقصى دفاعاً عنه في ظل ما تسمى بمسيرة الأعلام الصهيونية. حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية.
  7. Web site: حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية - مجمع الخلفاء الراشدين الدعوي يدين ويستنكر توزيع وكالة غوث وتشغيل اللاجئين الفلسطينيين. حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية.
  8. News: Fabian . Emanuel . IDF finds video of Bibas family in Gaza, ‘very concerned’ for mother, youngest hostages . 21 July 2024 . www.australianjewishnews.com . 20 February 2024 . en . The IDF spokesman said the clips are from a Khan Younis military post belonging to the Mujahideen Brigades terror group, a relatively small armed faction in the Gaza Strip that is somewhat allied with the coastal enclave’s Hamas rulers. .
  9. Web site: IDF reveals video from Oct. 7 of abducted Bibas mom and kids arriving in Khan Younis, says it fears for their fate | The Times of Israel.
  10. https://www.idf.il/en/mini-sites/hamas-israel-war-24/briefings-by-idf-spokesperson-rear-admiral-daniel-hagari/february-24-press-briefings/press-briefing-by-idf-spokesperson-rear-admiral-daniel-hagari-february-19th-2024-2/
  11. Web site: Al-Qassam is not alone. Learn about the most prominent resistance factions in Palestine . ar: ليست القسام وحدها.. تعرف على أبرز الفصائل المقاوِمة في فلسطين . https://aja.ws/j20nl6 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240130010803/https://aja.ws/j20nl6 . 2024-01-30 . 2023-11-27 . الجزيرة.نت - ميدان .
  12. Web site: 2022-08-06 . Mujahideen Brigades . 2024-07-19 . . en-GB .
  13. Web site: 2023-12-16 . As’ad Abu Shari’a . 2024-07-19 . . en-GB.
  14. Web site: 2013-08-19 . ar:ما هي التنظيمات المسلحة في غزة؟ . https://www.bbc.com/arabic/middleeast/2013/08/130819_gaza_armed_groups . 2024-07-20 . BBC News عربي . ar.
  15. Web site: ليست القسام وحدها.. تعرف على أبرز الفصائل المقاوِمة في فلسطين | الجزيرة نت.
  16. News: "Mujahideen Brigades" is one of the most prominent resistance factions in the Gaza war, What do you know about it? . ar:"كتائب المجاهدين" من أبرز فصائل المقاومة في حرب غزة..ماذا تعرفون عنها؟ . https://nabd.com/s/133090510-8fe97c/ . 26 July 2024 . موقع نبض nabd.com . صدى نيوز . 20 February 2024 . ar . Quote in Arabic: <br> وهذه الحركة خرجت من رحم حركة فتح، وبدأ مشوارها كمجموعات عسكرية عرفت باسم كتيبة المجاهدين بقيادة المؤسس الشهيد عمر أبو شريعة (أبو حفص) مع بداية انتفاضة الأقصى، وفي العام 2006، تغيّر اسمها إلى "كتائب المجاهدين" كجناح عسكري مستقل لـ"حركة المجاهدين" الفلسطينية.
  17. Web site: Analysis: 17 Palestinian militant factions identified in recent Gaza conflict FDD's Long War Journal . 2024-07-19 . www.longwarjournal.org.
  18. News: Annika Ganzeveld, Ashka Jhaveri, Johanna Moore, Alexandra Braverman, Kathryn Tyson, and Brian Carter . Ashka Jhaveri, Johanna Moore, Alexandra Braverman, Kathryn Tyson, and Brian Carter . Johanna Moore, Alexandra Braverman, Kathryn Tyson, and Brian Carter . Alexandra Braverman, Kathryn Tyson, and Brian Carter . Kathryn Tyson, and Brian Carter . Brian Carter . IRAN UPDATE, APRIL 16, 2024 . 21 July 2024 . . 16 April 2024 . en .
  19. News: IRAN UPDATE, APRIL 16, 2024 (pdf) . 21 July 2024 .
  20. title كتائب المجاهدين تنشر صورا لقنص 6 جنود إسرائيليين غربي خان يونس في عملية مشتركة مع سرايا القدس https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXhP_CUC08I Al Jazeera Live
  21. Web site: شاهد.. كتائب المجاهدين تنشر لقطات لاستهداف آليات الاحتلال في محور الشيخ رضوان بمدينة غزة. 5 January 2024. YouTube.
  22. Web site: كتائب المجاهدين تستهدف تجمعا للاحتلال في جباليا بصاروخ "سعير". 23 January 2024. YouTube.
  23. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYZtzYCOvLk (note, the al-Qassam fighter in this video is using the word "mujahideen" in a general sense, not referring to the Mujahideen Brigades.)
  24. Web site: كتائب القسام تنشر مشاهد استهداف آليات الاحتلال في محاور التوغل بمدينة رفح جنوب قطاع غزة. 22 July 2024. YouTube.
  25. Web site: القسام تبث مشاهد للإغارة على مقر قيادة الاحتلال بمنطقة تل زعرب في رفح. 10 July 2024. YouTube.
  26. Web site: المجزرة مستمرة بغزة ..الاحتلال الاسرائيلي يدمر مربعات سكنية وعشرات الشهداء والجرحى. سما. الإخبارية. سما الإخبارية.
  27. Web site: مجزرة حي الصبرة (2023) | المجازر الإسرائيلية. 27 November 2023. فلسطيننا.
  28. News: Bibbs family kidnappers: an independent terrorist organization that split from Fatah . 8 August 2024 . www.israelhayom.co.il . Israel Hayom .
  29. Web site: Hamas hostages: Stories of the people taken from Israel. 9 October 2023. www.bbc.com.
  30. Web site: IDF: Hamas abducted Bibas family, including baby, handed them to other terror group | The Times of Israel.
  31. News: זיתון . יואב . שאולוב . רוני גרין . 2024-02-19 . צה"ל הציג למשפחת ביבס תיעוד של האם ושני ילדיה מדרום הרצועה, ימים לאחר החטיפה . 2024-02-19 . . he.
  32. Web site: IDF finds video of Bibas family in Gaza, ‘very concerned’ for mother, youngest hostages. Emanuel. Fabian. Toi. Staff. www.australianjewishnews.com.
  33. Web site: ‘לוחמי הקודש’: זה הארגון שחטף את שירי ביבס וילדיה אריאל וכפיר. 19 February 2024. חרדים10.

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