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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.
 HAMAS SUPPORTERS attend a protest to support Al-Aqsa mosque, in Gaza, last month.

European Union imposes new sanctions against individuals funding Hamas and Islamic Jihad

By HAIM ISEROVICH , JERUSALEM POST STAFF
 A picture taken with a drone shows a monument of a Hamas rocket with pictures of late commanders from armed Palestinian factions, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip February 2, 2021

EU sanctions six people linked to Hamas with asset freeze and travel ban

By REUTERS
 Israeli forces operate in the Gaza Strip, January 19, 2024

IDF strikes Islamic Jihad leader released in Gilad Schalit deal

 IDF Spokesman Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari

Al Jazeera 'journalists' in Gaza were terrorists: IDF presents evidence

 Soldiers of the Yiftah brigade prepare to destroy a tunnel in northern Gaza

IDF commando brigade uncovers PIJ tools of terror in northern Gaza

Photo of a child in Gaza holding weapons in front of a Hamas poster

Hamas, Islamic Jihad incitement: The writing is on the Telegram wall – cyber report

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip, January 2024.

IDF, Shin Bet kill top Islamic Jihad operative in Gaza

 Smoke rises as displaced Palestinians take shelter at Al Shifa hospital, amid the ongoing conflict between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, November 8, 2023.

How Hamas covered its tracks in Gaza's Shifa Hospital before IDF's raid - NYT

Hamas leader Saleh Arouri speaks during a reconciliation deal signing ceremony in Cairo, Egypt, October 12, 2017.

Hamas deputy head Saleh al-Arouri killed in alleged Israeli drone strike in Beirut

 Israeli forces operate in the Gaza Strip, January 1, 2024

IDF kills Hamas Nukhba commander who helped lead October 7 massacre

A terrorist from the al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, is seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip.

Islamic Jihad terrorist admits to rape, NYT probes Hamas's sexual violence

 IDF soldiers operate in the Gaza Strip on December 21, 2023

IDF finds explosives in UNRWA bags, clashes with Hamas in Gaza schools

 MEMBERS OF the Hamas Izzadin al-Qassam Brigades take part in a military event in Gaza City last week.

Netanyahu issues three peace demands as Hamas, PIJ reject Egypt deal

 Israeli forces operate in the Gaza Strip on December 24, 2023

Egypt proposes 14-day ceasefire in Gaza, Hamas to release 40 hostages

 A Palestinian fighter of the Al-Quds brigades, the military wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), seen inside a military tunnel in Beit Hanun, in the Gaza Strip, on May 18, 2022.

PIJ share video of two Israeli hostages pleading for release