Jahafil Al-Tawhid Wal-Jihad fi Filastin | |
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(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)[1] |
Dates of operation | 6 November 2008 – present |
Active regions | Gaza Strip, and little in the Sinai |
Ideology | Salafist jihadism Wahhabism |
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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. 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.