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Palestinian Mujahideen Movement
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The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement (Arabic: حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية, romanized: Harakat al-Mujāhidīn al-Filastīnīa) is a Palestinian political organisation that split from the Fatah Movement alongside its military wing, the Mujahideen Brigades, which originated from the Martyr Jamal Al-Omari Brigade of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. The movement was founded in 2001 and led by founder Omar Abu Sharia, at the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada.[2]
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History
The movement was established in 2001 as a military faction known as the Mujahideen Battalion, headed by the founder, Omar Abu Sharia, with the beginning of the second intifada. As of 2007, the movement was headed by As'ad Abu Shari'a, after his brother Omar Abu Sharia was killed during a targeted attack carried out by Israel.
The organization was founded in 2006 by Omar Abu Sharia (Arabic: عمر أبو شريعة).[3][4]
In 2012, a cell of the movement from Hebron and the Gaza Strip planned to kidnap an Israeli citizen, as a bargaining chip for the release of Palestinians from the movement imprisoned in Israel.[5]
Over the years,[when?] the movement became a member of the Hamas-led government in Gaza and cooperated with it in operations, supplying weapons and training.[6]
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Assassination of Omar Abu Sharia
Omar Abu Sharia was assassinated in 2006 and died in 2007, he died of his injuries 6 or 7 months after the attack (aged 30 years), according to statements by the movement and allied group Saraya al-Quds.[7][8][9] According to Palestinian media, he was assassinated by an air strike on the car he was in on 14 October 2006.[10] The other person in the car died immediately, and Abu Sharia died of his injuries on 25 April 2007.[10] [11]
Assassination of As'ad Abu Shari'a
As'ad Abu Shari'a was both the leader and Secretary-general of the group, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on 7th June 2025.[12][13]
Family casualties during the Gaza genocide
According to local sources, the leaders and founders of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement are from the Al-Hasayna (Arabic: الحساينة) and Abu Sharia (Arabic: أبو شريعة) families in Gaza, and have Bedouin roots.[14][15] On 23 November 2023, the homes of the Al-Hasayna (Arabic: الحساينة) and Abu Sharia (Arabic: أبو شريعة) families were destroyed in an airstrike, that allegedly killed 93 Palestinians.[16][17][18] Neither side acknowledged a possible target, and only civilian casualties were reported.[16][18] On 23 November 2023 the secretary general of the Mujahedeen Movement, Asaad Abu Sharia, stated that numerous members of his immediate and extended family had been killed in airstrikes.[19][20] The group said this included their leader's wife and children, his older brother Bassam Attia Abu Sharia, and multiple members of the leader's extended family.[19][20] They also said the leader's family had been previously targeted at the beginning of the war, killing his sister and three generations of her family.[21][22]
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Militant divisions
Mujahideen Brigades
The militant wing is called the Mujahideen Brigades. As they grew they changed their name from Mujahideen Battalion (Arabic: كتيبة المجاهدين, romanized: Katībat al-Mujahidīn) to the Mujahideen Brigades (Arabic: كتائب المجاهدين, romanized: Kataeb al-Mujahidīn).[23]
Martyrs of the Occupied Interior
The movement has a faction called the "Martyrs of the Occupied Interior" unit (Arabic: شهداء الداخل المحتل, romanized: Shuhadā' ad-Dākhil al-Muhtali), also known as "Dāham" (Arabic: داهم).[24]
Related groups
Rightly Guided Caliphs
The Mujahideen Brigades often promote or endorse a Palestinian religious group called the "Rightly Guided Caliphs" (Arabic: مجمع الخلفاء الراشدين الدعوي, romanized: Mujmae al-Khulafā' al-Rāshidīn al-Duewī).[25][26]
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