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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.
 Former UNRWA commissioner general Pierre Krahenbuhl met with leaders of designated Palestinian terrorist organizations during his term.

'We are one', UNWRA officials told Hamas, PIJ in secret Lebanon meeting

 People ride their bicycles on Yom Kippur, in front of a wall featuring hostage posters, in Jerusalem, October 12, 2024

American families sue Iran over Hamas attack

 People walk along a street on the day of the parliamentary elections, in Damascus, Syria July 15, 2024.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad confirms two terror leaders killed in Damascus strike

 Alexander Troufanov in new video released on November 15, 2024

PIJ releases additional video of hostage Alexander Troufanov

 IDF soldiers operating in the Gaza Strip, published on November 15, 2024.

Israel Air Force kills terrorist from PIJ Gaza City Brigade during strike

 Pope Francis meets delegation of Israeli Hostages Freed in Gaza, at the Vatican, November 14, 2024.

'I pray for your people,' says Pope Francis to families of hostages who visit Vatican

 People inspect a damaged area in the aftermath of what Syrian state media reported was an Israeli strike in the Mezzah suburb, west of Damascus, Syria October 9, 2024.

IAF strikes PIJ headquarters embedded in Syria's Damascus

 PIJ releases a sign-of-life video of Gaza hostage Alexandre Alexander Troufanov, November 13, 2024.

PIJ releases new sign-of-life video of hostage Alexander Troufanov

A drone is launched during a large-scale drone combat exercise of Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, in Semnan, Iran January 4, 2021. Picture taken January 4, 2021

Gaza terrorists trained in Iran to learn how to manufacture weapons

 IDF soldiers operate in southern Lebanon, October 27, 2024.

Israel at war: What happened on day 395?

 IDF soldiers from Division 162 operate in the Gaza Strip on September 12 2024.

Hamas and PIJ terrorists eliminated inside Khan Yunis humanitarian zone

 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani in Doha, Qatar, October 24, 2024.

Blinken calls for 'careful' investigation into Al Jazeera journalists linked to Hamas

 IDF soldiers approach the building where former Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was hiding before his death in Rafah, Gaza Strip.

Failed rocket launches and secure lines: IDF further implicates Hamas, Al Jazeera's connections

Six Al Jazeera journalists who are terrorists in the Hamas or Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror groups.

IDF reveals: Six Al Jazeera journalists are Hamas, PIJ terrorists

 IDF soldiers operate in the Jabalya area of Gaza. May 13, 2024

As few Hamas and PIJ terrorists remain in Jabalya, IDF nears full control of northern Gaza

 IDF soldiers uncover a chalkboard in a classroom in Gaza with writings that praised the October 7 attacks, October 17, 2024.

IDF discovers pro-October 7 propaganda in Gaza school, kills Hamas terrorists

 IDF soldiers conduct counter-terrorism operations in Tulkarm, West Bank.

IDF, Shin Bet eliminates head of PIJ network in Nur Shams, responsible for terror attacks

 The IDF and Shin Bet eliminated 12 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Jabalya in the Gaza Strip, some of whom partook in the October 7 massacre. October 10, 2024.

IDF kills 12 terrorists in Jabalya, Gaza Strip, some involved in Oct. 7