Jihad Jibril Brigades كتائب جهاد جبريل | |
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Founding leader | Ahmed Jibril |
Leaders | Talal Naji |
Foundation | 1969 |
Dates of operation | 1969–present |
Country | Palestine and Syria |
Motives | Establishing an independent nationalist, secular and socialist Palestinian state of pre-1948 borders |
Headquarters | Gaza strip and Syria |
Ideology | |
Status | Active |
Size | Unknown |
Part of | Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command |
Allies | State allies: Iran Syria (until 2024) Non-state allies: Al-Qassam Brigades Al-Quds Brigades Hezbollah As-Sa'iqa Fatah al-Intifada National Resistance Brigades Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades |
Opponents | South Lebanon Army (until 2000) Israel Palestinian Authority Syria (from 2024) Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis Islamic State al-Qaeda |
Battles and wars | Arab–Israeli conflict Lebanese Civil War Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon Israeli–Lebanese conflict Syrian civil war 2023 Israel–Hamas war |
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The Jihad Jibril Brigades (Arabic: كتائب جهاد جبريل) form the paramilitary branch of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-CG). They are named after Jihad Ahmed Jibril, the son of founder Ahmed Jibril and former head of the brigades, who died in a car bombing in Beirut in 2002. Their symbolism is the flag of the PFLP-CG in black and white.