Jihad Jibril Brigades

Jihad Jibril Brigades
كتائب جهاد جبريل
Founding leaderAhmed Jibril
LeadersTalal Naji
Foundation1969
Dates of operation1969–present
CountryPalestine and Syria
MotivesEstablishing an independent nationalist, secular and socialist Palestinian state of pre-1948 borders
HeadquartersGaza strip and Syria
Ideology
StatusActive
SizeUnknown
Part of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command
AlliesState allies:
 Iran
 Syria
Non-state allies:
Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades
Palestinian Islamic Jihad Al-Quds Brigades
 Hezbollah
As-Sa'iqa
Fatah Fatah al-Intifada
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine National Resistance Brigades
Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades
Opponents South Lebanon Army (until 2000)
 Israel
Syrian opposition Free Syrian Army
Syrian opposition Syrian National Army
Hamas Aknaf Bait al-Maqdis
 Islamic State
 al-Qaeda
Battles and warsArab–Israeli conflict
Lebanese Civil War
Palestinian insurgency in South Lebanon
Israeli–Lebanese conflict
Syrian civil war
2023 Israel–Hamas war
Flag

The Jihad Jibril Brigades (Arabic: كتائب جهاد جبريل) form the paramilitary branch of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-CG). They are named after Jihad Ahmed Jibril, the son of founder Ahmed Jibril and former head of the brigades, who died in an car bombing in Beirut in 2002. Their symbolism is the flag of the PFLP-CG in black and white.


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