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Palestinian Islamic Jihad

Palestinian militant group founded in 1979. Based primarily in Gaza, responsible for rocket fire on southern Israel. Headed by Ramadan Salah and funded by Iran.
 Police forces arrested nine residents of Isawiya in East Jerusalem, police announced April 21, 2024. (Illustrative).

Police arrest nine terror suspects in east Jerusalem

 Smoke rises during an Israeli raid at Al Shifa hospital and the area around it, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Gaza City, March 21, 2024.

Islamic Jihad spokesman admits taking over all Gaza hospitals

 Elad Katzir

Hostage Elad Katzir murdered, body returned to Israel

 HAMAS TERRORISTS celebrate in Gaza late last year.

My Word: What’s in a terrorist organization’s name?

 Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei reviews armed forces during a graduation ceremony, in Tehran

Is Iran planning something big? Iraqi-based attacks on Israel raise alarms

 The Palestinian Islamic Jihad group holds a rally in Gaza to commemorate armed commanders and operatives killed by Israel in the past five-day fighting, in Gaza City, May 19, 2023.

Hamas doc reveals it hides casualties, blames failed rocket launches on Israel - IDF

 Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh meets with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran. March 26, 2024

Celebrating UNSC resolution: Hamas and Islamic Jihad chiefs in Tehran

 IDF troops operate in the Gaza Strip. March 26, 2024.

Israel-Hamas war: What happened on day 171?

 Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants participate in an anti-Israel military parade marking the 36th anniversary of the movement's foundation in Gaza City, October 4, 2023.

How did the IDF let 500 Hamas terrorists return to Shifa Hospital?

 Israel's military patrols near Al Shifa Hospital compound in Gaza City, amid the ongoing ground operation of the Israeli army against Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in the northern Gaza Strip, November 22, 2023.

IDF's operation in Shifa Hospital one of largest since war began

 Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian speaks during a news conference in Ankara, Turkey June 27, 2022.

Israel is 'anti-human,' Iranian FM tells Palestinian Islamic Jihad chief

 Palestinian gunman march in the West Bank city of Jenin, November 1, 2023

IDF kills senior Islamic Jihad terrorists in drone strike on Jenin

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators set fire to an Israeli flag during a rally to mark the annual al-Quds Day (Jerusalem Day), during the holy month of Ramadan in Istanbul, Turkey April 14, 2023.

Israel's National Security Council calls on public to 'act responsibly' when traveling on Ramadan

 PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC Jihad supporters participate in an anti-Israel rally marking the 36th anniversary of the movement’s foundation, in Gaza City on the day before the October 7 attack on Israel.

Violent methods must be rejected as insanity

By COOKIE SCHWAEBER-ISSAN
Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants take part in the funeral of their comrade in the southern Gaza Strip November 14, 2019

Brothers-in-arms? Hamas spies on Islamic Jihad, IDF reveals in document

 Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists participate in an anti-Israel military parade marking the 36th anniversary of the movement's foundation in Gaza City, October 4, 2023.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad calls for Ramadan to be 'month of terror’

 A border wall stands between Rafah and Egypt, amid fears of an exodus of Palestinians into Egypt, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas continues, in Rafah southern Gaza Strip February 16, 2024

IDF conducts wave of strikes near Philadelphi Corridor

 Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants take part in a rally to celebrate the shooting attacks in Israel, in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip April 8, 2022.

PIJ spokesman calls for continuation of 'Battle of al-Aqsa Flood'