Tawhid al-Jihad (Gaza Strip)

Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin
Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin
(Arabic: جحافل التوحيد والجهاد في فلسطين)
	The Shahada flag commonly used by al-Qaeda.
Leader	Abu Walid al-Maqdisi (5 February 2011-13 October 2012)
Dates of operation	6 November 2008 – present
Active regions	Gaza Strip, and little in the Sinai
Ideology	Salafist jihadism; Wahhabism
Part of	Al-Qaeda
Allies	Al-Qaeda in Sinai Peninsula
Opponents	United States Armed Forces; Israel; Hamas
Battles and wars	Gaza–Israel conflict and; the Global War on Terrorism

Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin (Arabic: جحافل التوحيد والجهاد في فلسطين, "The Armies of Monotheism and Jihad in Palestine") is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian group in the Gaza Strip and the Sinai peninsula, and is the branch of al-Qaeda in Gaza. The establishment of the group was publicly announced on 6 November 2008, with communiqués vowing loyalty to al-Qaeda, after having "received the messages of Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zawahiri."^[2] Various forms of the "Tawhid al-Jihad" label have appeared in relation to developments in the Gaza Strip. The size of the group is not publicly known.

^ "Image Praising Abu al-Walid al-Maqdisi". Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
^ New Gaza Organization Vows Loyalty to Al-Qaeda, MEMRI 10-11-2008

[1] "Image Praising Abu al-Walid al-Maqdisi". Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Retrieved 30 October 2023.

[2] New Gaza Organization Vows Loyalty to Al-Qaeda, MEMRI 10-11-2008

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