Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
{{Short description|Palestinian armed organization}}
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{{Infobox militant organization
| name = Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
{{lang|ar|ألوية الناصر صلاح الدين}}
| logo = Emblem of the Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades.png
| caption = Emblem of the Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
| spokesperson = Abu Ataya
| foundation = 2000
| dates = {{Start date|2001}}–present
| leader = Abu Sayyaf (since 2015){{Cite web|url=http://www.camera.org/index.asp?x_context=3&x_outlet=12&x_article=3871|title = Popular Resistance Committee Backgrounder: 2018}}
| headquarters = Gaza City
| area = Gaza Strip, West Bank, Israel
| ideology = Sunni Islamism
Islamic fundamentalism
Islamic nationalism
Palestinian nationalism
Anti-Zionism
| attacks = Kidnapping of Ghazi al-Jabali
Murder of the Hatuel family
Murder of Moussa Arafat
Murder of Eliyahu Asheri
2011 southern Israel cross-border attacks (accused by Israel)
| status = Active
| size = 5,000
| partof = Popular Resistance Committees
Palestinian Joint Operations Room
| allies = State allies:
- {{IRN}}
- {{flag|Syria|1980}} (until 2024)
- {{flag|Qatar}}
Non-state allies:
- File:Flag of al-Qassam Brigades.svg Al-Qassam Brigades
- {{flagicon image|InfoboxPIJ.svg}} Al-Quds Brigades
- {{armed forces|Fatah}}
- {{flag icon|Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine}} Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades
- {{flagicon image|Flag of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine.svg}} National Resistance Brigades
| opponents = * {{flag|Israel}}
- {{flag|Palestinian Authority}}
| battles = Second Intifada
Gaza War (2008–2009)
2012 Gaza War
2014 Gaza War
2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
Gaza war
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| url =
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The al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades ({{langx|ar|ألوية الناصر صلاح الدين|lit=Brigades of Saladin the Victorious}}) is the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, a set of various Palestinian militant organizations that operate in the Gaza Strip.
History
The Brigades participated in Operation Dispersive Illusion ({{langx|ar|الوهم المتبدد}}), which resulted in the capture of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The group is also known for blowing up a Merkava tank,{{Cite web |title=Popular Resistance Committee Backgrounder: 2018 |url=https://www.camera.org/article/popular-resistance-committee-backgrounder-2018/ |access-date=2024-04-07 |website=CAMERA |language=en-US}} the main battle tank of the Israel Defense Forces.
The Brigades fought during the Gaza War from December 2008 to January 2009.
The group also took part in the 2014 Gaza War,"[http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=715014 Qassam brigades claim rocket, mortar fire at southern Israel]", {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219025332/http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=715014 |date=2014-12-19 }}, Ma'an News Agency, Monday 21 July 2014. and the death of one of its members in an Israeli raid was one of the reasons for the outbreak of the Gaza–Israel clashes in November 2018.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-46185653|title=Israel-Gaza violence erupts after covert op killings|work=BBC.com|date=12 November 2018}}
The Brigades have been fighting alongside the al-Qassam Brigades of Hamas and other allied Palestinian factions in the ongoing Gaza war (2023–present).{{Cite web |date=2023-11-07 |title=Not only Hamas: eight factions at war with Israel in Gaza |url=https://www.newsweek.com/not-only-hamas-eight-factions-war-israel-gaza-1841292 |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Newsweek |language=en}}{{Cite web |date=22 May 2024 |title=With Al-Qassam and Al-Quds Brigades, four other armed Palestinian factions are fighting Israel in Gaza |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/four-other-armed-palestinian-groups-fighting-israel-gaza |website=The New Arab}}