Mujahideen Brigades

Mujahideen Brigades
كتائب المجاهدين
Kataeb al-Mujahideen
Also known as
Other translations and transliterations
    • Hebrew: לוחמי הקודש, romanized: Lohmi Hakodsh, lit.'Holy Warriors'.
    • Hebrew: גדודי לוחמי הקודש, romanized: Gdudi Lohmi Hakodsh, lit.'Holy Warriors Brigades'.
    • Hebrew: גדודי אל-מוג'אהדין, romanized: Gdudi al‑Mujahideen..
    • Hebrew: כתאיב אל-מוג'אהדין, romanized: Kataeb al‑Mujahideen.
    • Al-Mujahideen Brigades.
    • Kataeb Al-Mujahidin.
    • Kataib Mujahideen.
    • Persian: گردان های مجاهدین, lit.'Mojahedin Battalions'.
FounderOmar Attia Abu Sharia X
Kunya: Abu Hafs.
Secretary GeneralAs'ad Abu Shari'a X
SpokesmanAbu Bilal.
Foundation2006
Split from Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
CountryPalestine
Allegiance Palestine
Palestinian Joint Operations Room
HeadquartersKhan Younis
Active regions
Ideology
Major actionsKidnapping of the Bibas family
StatusActive
Part of
Allies
Opponents
Designated as a terrorist group by Israel
Websitewww.km-pal.ps
Martyrs of the Occupied Interior
شهداء الداخل المحتل
Also known as"Dāham"
Arabic: داهم
CountryIsrael
Allegiance Palestine
Active regions
Ideologyanti-Zionism
StatusActive
SizeSmall
Opponents Israel
Palestinian Authority

Mujahideen Brigades (Arabic: كتائب المجاهدين, romanizedKataeb al-Mujahideen) is an armed wing of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement (Arabic: حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية, romanizedHarakat al-Mujāhidīn al-Filastīnīa). The brigades operate in the Occupied Palestinian territories of the Gaza Strip and The West Bank, including Jenin.

The Mujahideen Brigades operate independently of Hamas but collaborates closely with militants from Palestinian Islamic Jihad's armed wing, Saraya Al Quds.