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{{Infobox war faction
| name             = Al-Quds Brigades<br>''{{lang|ar|سرايا القدس}}''
|war=|image=Al-Quds.png
|caption=Members of Al-Quds brigades parade through [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]]
|leader=[[Ziyad al-Nakhalah]]
|active=1981–present|ideology=[[Palestinian Nationalism]]
|opponents=[[State of Israel]]
|url=https://saraya.ps|active2=Active
|motives=The establishment of a [[sovereign]], Islamic Palestinian state within the geographic borders of pre-1948 [[Mandatory Palestine]]
|spokesman=Abu Hamza<ref>{{Cite web|date=11 May 2023|title=Al-Quds Brigades: We are ready to expand the circle of fire|url=https://www.alquds.com/en/posts/71067|access-date=|website=www.alquds.com}}</ref>
}}

'''Saraya al-Quds''' ({{lang-ar|[[:ar:سرايا القدس|سرايا القدس]]|link=no}}),<ref>{{cite news |title=Al-Quds Brigades... Learn about the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement  سرايا القدس.. تعرف على الجناح العسكري لحركة الجهاد الإسلامي |url=https://aja.me/b7a5w |accessdate=10 April 2024 |work=Al Jazeera Arabic |date=18 December 2023 |language=ar}}</ref> approximately meaning ''[[Jerusalem]] [[Brigades]]'' and sometimes translated as "'''Al-Quds Brigades'''" ('''AQB'''), is the armed wing of the [[Palestinian territories|Palestinian]] [[Islamism|Islamist]] organization [[Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine|Palestinian Islamic Jihad]] (PIJ),<ref name="ME">{{cite web|last=Guitta|first=Olivier|date=|title=The Next Dangerous Phase of the Gaza War|url=http://www.metimes.com/International/2009/01/05/the_next_dangerous_phase_of_the_gaza_war/2749/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116035124/http://www.metimes.com/International/2009/01/05/the_next_dangerous_phase_of_the_gaza_war/2749/|archive-date=16 January 2009|access-date=10 October 2023|work=Middle East Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=6 August 2022|title=What is the Palestinian Islamic Jihad?|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/8/6/gaza-attack-what-is-the-palestinian-islamic-jihad|access-date=|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|language=en}}</ref> which was founded in 1981 by [[Fathi Shaqaqi]] and [[Abd Al Aziz Awda]] in [[Gaza Strip|Gaza]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 August 2022|title=Explained: What Is Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Driving The Recent Israel-Gaza Conflict|url=https://www.indiatimes.com/explainers/explained-what-is-palestinian-islamic-jihad-driving-the-recent-israel-gaza-conflict-577103.html|access-date=|website=IndiaTimes|language=en-IN}}</ref> It is now, the second largest [[militant group]] in the [[Gaza Strip]], after [[Hamas]]. Currently the AQB's leader is [[Ziyad al-Nakhalah]], who lives in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022-08-24|title=Hezbollah leader Nasrallah meets with Palestinian Islamic Jihad|url=https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2022/08/hezbollah-leader-nasrallah-meets-palestinian-islamic-jihad|access-date=|website=Al-Monitor|language=en}}</ref> The head of AQB in the Gaza Strip was [[Baha Abu al-Ata]]<ref name="jpostNov19">{{cite news|last=Ahronheim|first=Anna|date=3 November 2019|title=Who is Abu al-Ata: The man behind rocket fire from Gaza Strip|newspaper=[[The Jerusalem Post]]|url=https://www.jpost.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict/Who-is-Abu-al-Ata-The-man-suspectedly-responsible-for-Gaza-escalation-606639|access-date=}}</ref> until he was killed in a airstrike in November 2019.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holmes|first=Oliver|date=12 November 2019|title=Israel strikes on Islamic Jihad chiefs prompt reprisal rocket attacks|newspaper=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/12/israel-kills-islamic-jihad-commander-in-gaza-sparking-reprisal-rocket-attacks|access-date=}}</ref>

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