Salafi jihadist militant groups in the Gaza Strip

A number of Salafi jihadist militant groups have had a presence in the Gaza Strip, a part of the Palestinian territories. These groups began appearing in the Gaza Strip in the months leading up to and following the Israeli disengagement from the region in 2005 and have maintained a presence even after the 2007 Battle of Gaza, when Hamas wrestled control of the Gaza Strip from its rival Fatah, establishing its own de facto government in the area. Most have been engaged in an ongoing insurgency in Gaza.

Gazan Salafi jihadists have positioned themselves as rivals to Hamas, rejecting the group's Palestinian nationalism in favor of a transnational jihadism and full implementation of Sharia law; they were especially angered by Hamas' participation in the 2006 Palestinian legislative election, which they deemed incompatible with Sharia.

Besides several documented groups, there have been a number of smaller, loosely affiliated cells that adopt a variety of front names to perpetrate attacks.

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