National Resistance Brigades

National Resistance Brigades
كتائب المقاومة الوطنية
Also known asOmar Al-Qasim Brigades
Founding leaderNayef Hawatmeh
LeadersAbu Khaled
Foundation1969
Dates of operation1969-present
CountryPalestine
Allegiance Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
MotivesEstablishing an independent secular, and Maoist Palestinian state with the pre-1967 borders
HeadquartersGaza Strip
Ideology
StatusActive
AlliesState allies:
 Iran
 Syria
Non-state allies:
Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Al-Quds Brigades
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades
 Hezbollah
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command Jihad Jibril Brigades
Opponents Israel
Battles and warsFirst Intifada
Second Intifada
2023 Israel–Hamas war

The National Resistance Brigades (Arabic: كتائب المقاومة الوطنية, romanizedKatāʼib al-Muqāwamah al-Waṭanīyah), also known as Martyr Omar Al-Qassem Forces or Martyr Omar Al-Qasim Forces,[3] are the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which operates in Gaza[4] and conducts guerilla warfare.[5] Abu Khaled is one of its commanders.[6]

  1. ^ "Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)". irp.fas.org.
  2. ^ "PFLP, DFLP, PFLP-GC, Palestinian leftists". Council on Foreign Relations.
  3. ^ DFLP Central Information and Translation (7 August 2022). "A military statement issued by the National Resistance Brigades (Martyr Omar al-Qasim Forces) mourns its martyred fighter, Hassan Muhammad Mansour". Group 194. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  4. ^ "National Resistance Brigades – DFLP". European Council on Foreign Relations. 21 March 2018. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  5. ^ "Infographic: Military Branches of the Palestinian Resistance". Islamic World News. 18 May 2021. Retrieved 12 October 2023.
  6. ^ Strickland, Patrick (4 February 2015). "No room for IS". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 12 October 2023.

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