Jenin Brigades

Palestinian armed group (e. 2021)

Jenin Brigades

كتيبة جنين
Founder| Jamil Al-Amouri
Foundation| 2021
Headquarters| Jenin, West Bank, Palestine
Ideology| Palestinian nationalism
Part of|  Al-Quds Brigades
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
al-Qassam Brigades
Allies| Tulkarm Battalion
Other West Bank militias
Opponents|  Israel
Palestinian Authority
Battles and wars|

* Israeli–Palestinian conflict
* 2023 Jenin incursions
* Israeli incursions in the West Bank during the Gaza war
* Operation Summer Camps
* Iron Wall
* Palestinian Authority–West Bank militias conflict
* July 2024 West Bank unrest
* 2024–2025 Palestinian Authority operation in Jenin

The Jenin Brigades (Arabic: كتائب جنين, romanized: Katāʾib Ǧinīn), also referred to as the Jenin Battalion or Jenin Brigade,[1][2] is a Palestinian militant group in the West Bank. It was founded in Jenin in 2021 by Jamil Al-Amouri, a militant of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ). The organization is based in the Jenin refugee camp in the North of the West Bank. Like most other West Bank militias,[3] the Jenin Brigades are an umbrella formation affiliated with PIJ, Hamas, and the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades.[4]

The Jenin Brigades have engaged in armed skirmishes with Israeli forces.[5] They claim they "are the resistance". They call for armed resistance against Israel and for the Palestinian authorities to take part in the movement.[6]

## History and background

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The Jenin Brigades, believed to be established in the Jenin refugee camp by Jamil al-Amouri before his death in June 2021, were first reported following their participation in the escape of Palestinian prisoners from the Israeli Gilboa prison on the 6th of September 2021.[7] The brigades also took part in the kidnapping of the body of Tiran Fero, a 17-year-old Israeli Druze, on November 23, 2022.[8]

During the ongoing Gaza war and its spillover into the West Bank, they have repeatedly clashed with Israeli forces conducting incursions into Jenin.[9][10][11][12] The Brigades also participated in the July 2024 West Bank unrest against the Palestinian Authority.[13][14][15] In December 2024, the Palestinian Authority launched an operation into Jenin to combat the Jenin Brigades,[16][17] which ultimately merged into an Israeli offensive targeting the group.[18]

## Notable members

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* Jamil Al-Amouri: the founder of the Jenin Brigades.
* Mateen Dabaya: a leader of the group killed in October 2022, at the age of 20, during a military operation carried out by the Israeli forces in the Jenin refugee camp.[19]
* Nour al-Bitawi: a Brigades commander who was killed in Nablus in a raid by Israeli forces in May 2025.[20][21]
* Omar Al-Saadi: a co-founder of the Brigades who was killed by Israeli forces in January 2023, following confrontations.[22]
* Wassem Hazem: led the Al-Qassam members in the Jenin Brigades and was killed by the Israeli Border Police near the town of Zababdeh, during Israel's 2024 operation in the West Bank.[23][24]
* Yazid Jaayseh: a Brigades commander killed by Palestinian Authority forces in December 2024, during their Jenin operation.[25][26]
* Qais al Saa'di: a Brigades commander who fought against Palestinian Authority forces during their Jenin operation.[27]

## Attacks

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* Kidnapping of Tiran Fero, a 17-year old Israeli Druze student[28]
* 2025 al-Funduq shooting

## See also

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* Lions' Den (militant group)
* Timeline of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict in 2022

## References

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1. ^ Pacchiani, Gianluca (15 August 2023). "Hamas and Islamic Jihad seen importing Gaza military tactics to the West Bank". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
2. ^ "The Jenin incursion was meant to weaken militant groups. It has ended up deepening the defiance of Palestinian fighters". CNN. 2023-07-07. Retrieved 2025-01-29.
3. ^ "The Resurgence of Armed Groups in the West Bank and Their Connections to Gaza". ACLED. 2023-12-14. Retrieved 2024-11-07.
4. ^ Al Jazeera Staff. "Why is the PA raiding Jenin camp, fighting the Jenin Brigades?". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
5. ^ Tahhan, Zena Al. "The occupied West Bank cities at centre of resistance to Israel". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
6. ^ Kiley, Sam (2022-10-28). "West Bank militants threaten Israel, urge Palestinian leaders to join the resistance as tensions rise". CNN. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
7. ^ Kingsley, Patrick (2021-09-06). "Manhunt Underway After 6 Palestinians Escape Israeli Prison". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
8. ^ Kingsley, Patrick (November 25, 2022). "An Israeli Schoolboy Died in the West Bank. To Find His Body, Foes Joined Forces". The New York Times.
9. ^ "Iran Update, December 15, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
10. ^ "Iran Update, December 20, 2023". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
11. ^ "Iran Update, January 2, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
12. ^ "Iran Update, July 4, 2024". Institute for the Study of War. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
13. ^ "Palestinian fighters threaten PA security services after Tulkarm hospital incident". The New Arab. 27 July 2024.
14. ^ Adler, Jonathan (2024-08-14). "In Jenin and Tulkarem, Israel's war on Palestinian armed resistance is failing". +972 Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
15. ^ "بعد محاصرته من الأجهزة الأمنية.. أهالي طولكرم يحررون القيادي أبو شجاع". Al Araby. 26 July 2024.
16. ^ "Palestinian Authority Mounts Rare, Lethal Raids in West Bank". Bloomberg.com. 2024-12-15. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
17. ^ "Jenin Brigades commander killed as PA forces raid occupied West Bank camp". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
18. ^ "Israel launches major offensive in Jenin days after Gaza ceasefire". Middle East Eye. Retrieved 2025-01-21.
19. ^ Tahhan, Zena Al. "Israel kills two Palestinians in Jenin as settler attacks spike". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
20. ^ "Resistance Fighters Strike Israeli Forces as Raids Rock Multiple Cities". The Palestine Chronicle. 11 May 2025.
21. ^ "IDF kills head of the Islamic Jihad terror cell in Jenin". The Jerusalem Post. 9 May 2025.
22. ^ "Co-founder of Jenin Brigade succumbs to wounds sustained in Jenin massacre". Mondoweiss. 2023-01-29. Retrieved 2025-04-04.
23. ^ "Israel says Hamas leader killed as West Bank operation continues". BBC. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
24. ^ Sawafta, Ali (30 August 2024). "Israeli forces kill local Hamas commander in West Bank". Reuters.
25. ^ "Jenin Brigades commander killed as PA forces raid occupied West Bank camp". Al Jazeera. 2024-12-14. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
26. ^ "Palestinian Authority Deploys Security Forces Against Militants in West Bank". The New York Times. 2024-12-14. Archived from the original on 2024-12-14. Retrieved 2024-12-16.
27. ^ "A new front in the Middle East: Militants battle Palestinian Authority in sprawling refugee camp". CNN. 2022-12-23.
28. ^ Najib, Mohammed; Gemer, Shira (2022-11-23). "Palestinian gunmen seize body of Israeli Druze teen from hospital in Jenin, demanding exchange of bodies". CNN. Retrieved 2022-11-24.

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Israeli–Palestinian conflict

History

Participants

| Israelis|

* Israel Defense Forces
* Israel Police
* Mossad
* Shabak (Shin Bet)

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Palestinians|

| Principals|

* All-Palestine Protectorate
* Palestine Liberation Organization
* Fatah
* Hamas
* Palestinian Authority

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Other groups|

* al-Aqsa Brigades
* Children
* DFLP
* Jenin Brigades
* Lions' Den
* PIJ
* PLF
* PPSF
* PFLP
* PFLP-GC
* PRC
* Sabireen Movement
* Sons of Zouari
* Tulkarm Brigade

Third-party groups|

* Arab League
* Hezbollah

Individuals

| Israelis|

* Moshe Arens
* Ami Ayalon
* Ehud Barak
* David Ben-Gurion
* Naftali Bennett
* Menachem Begin
* Meir Dagan
* Moshe Dayan
* Avi Dichter
* Yuval Diskin
* Benny Gantz
* Efraim Halevy
* Dan Halutz
* Tzipi Livni
* Golda Meir
* Shaul Mofaz
* Yitzhak Mordechai
* Benjamin Netanyahu
* Ehud Olmert
* Shimon Peres
* Yaakov Peri
* Yitzhak Rabin
* Amnon Lipkin-Shahak
* Yitzhak Shamir
* Ariel Sharon
* Shabtai Shavit
* Moshe Ya'alon
* Danny Yatom
* Zvi Zamir

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Palestinians|

* Abu Abbas
* Mahmoud Abbas
* Moussa Arafat
* Yasser Arafat
* Yahya Ayyash
* Marwan Barghouti
* Mohammed Dahlan
* Mohammed Deif
* George Habash
* Wadie Haddad
* Ismail Haniyeh
* Nayef Hawatmeh
* Amin al-Husayni
* Ghazi Jabali
* Ahmed Jibril
* Abu Jihad
* Salah Khalaf
* Leila Khaled
* Sheikh Khalil
* Khaled Mashal
* Zuheir Mohsen
* Abu Ali Mustafa
* Abu Nidal
* Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
* Jibril Rajoub
* Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi
* Ali Hassan Salameh
* Salah Shehade
* Ramadan Shalah
* Fathi Shaqaqi
* Ahlam Tamimi
* Ahmed Yassin

* Timeline
* military operations

| Background|

| 1920–1948|

* 1920
* Nebi Musa riots
* Battle of Tel Hai
* 1921 Jaffa riots
* 1929 Palestine riots
* Hebron massacre
* 1936–1939 Arab revolt
* 1944–1947 Jewish insurgency
* 1947–1948 Civil War / Nakba

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| 1948–1970|

* 1948 Arab–Israeli War
* massacres
* 1948–present Fedayeen insurgency
* 1951–1967 Attacks against Israeli civilians
* 1950s–1960s Reprisal operations
* 1949–1956 Palestinian expulsions
* 1953 Qibya massacre
* 1956 Suez Crisis / Kafr Qasim / Khan Yunis / Rafah massacres
* 1967 Six-Day War / Naksa
* 1967–1970 War of Attrition
* 1968 Battle of Karameh

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Palestinian
insurgency

| 1968–1982|

* 1970 Avivim school bus bombing
* 1972 Sabena Flight 571 / Munich massacre / "Bayonet" (1973 Lillehammer affair)
* 1974 Kiryat Shmona massacre / Ma'alot massacre
* 1975 Savoy Hotel attack
* 1976 Entebbe raid
* 1978 Coastal road massacre / South Lebanon conflict
* 1980 Misgav Am hostage crisis

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| 1973–1987|

* 1973 Yom Kippur War
* 1975 Zion Square bombing
* 1982 Lebanon War
* Siege of Beirut
* 1983 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic
* 1984 Bus 300 affair
* 1985 Achille Lauro hijacking / "Wooden Leg"
* 1987 Night of the Gliders

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First Intifada|

| 1987–1991|

* 1988 Tunis raid
* 1989 Bus 405 attack
* 1990 Temple Mount killings
* 1990s Palestinian suicide attacks
* list
* 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre

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Second Intifada|

| 2000–2005|

* Palestinian rocket attacks
* Palestinian suicide attacks
* list
* Israeli assassinations
* 2000 October events
* 2001 Santorini
* 2002 Karine A / "Defensive Shield" / Battle of Jenin / Battle of Nablus / "Determined Path"
* 2003 Ain es Saheb airstrike
* 2004 "Rainbow" / Beit Hanoun raid / "Days of Penitence"

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Palestinian dissident
campaigns

| 2006–present|

* 2006 "Bringing Home the Goods"
* 2008 Jerusalem yeshiva attack / Jerusalem bulldozer attack
* 2009 Al-Aqsa clashes
* 2010 Palestinian militancy campaign
* 2015–2016 violence
* 2017 Temple Mount crisis
* 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis
* 2022 Al-Aqsa clashes

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Gaza–Israel
conflict

| 2006–present|

* 2006 Gaza beach explosion / Gaza cross-border raid / "Summer Rains" / "Autumn Clouds" / Beit Hanoun shelling
* 2008 Egypt–Gaza border breach / "Hot Winter"
* 2008–2009 Gaza War
* 2010 Gaza flotilla raid
* 2012 "Returning Echo" / "Pillar of Defense"
* 2014 "Protective Edge"
* 2015 Freedom Flotilla III
* 2018 Gaza border protests / November clashes
* 2019 May clashes / "Black Belt"
* 2021 "Guardian of the Walls"
* 2022 "Breaking Dawn"
* 2023 "Shield and Arrow" / Gaza war

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Diplomacy/law

| Timeline|

| 1948–1991|

* 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight
* depopulated towns and villages
* 1949 Lausanne Conference
* 1967–present Israeli settlement
* settler violence
* international law

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1990s|

* 1981–1982 Fahd Plan
* 1991 Madrid Conference
* 1993–1995 Oslo Accords
* 1994 Paris Protocol
* 1994 Gaza–Jericho Agreement
* 1994–present US security assistance to the PA
* 1997 Hebron Agreement
* 1998 Wye River Memorandum
* 1999 Sharm El Sheikh Memorandum

2000s|

* 2000 Camp David Summit / Clinton Parameters
* 2001 Taba Summit
* 2002 Quartet established
* 2003 Road Map
* 2005 Israeli disengagement from Gaza
* 2005 Agreement on Movement and Access
* 2006 Valley of Peace initiative
* 2007 Annapolis Conference
* 2009 Aftonbladet Israel controversy

2010s|

* 2010–11 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
* 2011 Palestine Papers
* 2013–2014 Israeli–Palestinian peace talks
* 2023–present Gaza genocide

United Nations|

| General|

* Israel and the UN
* Palestine and the UN
* UNRWA

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Resolutions|

* List concerning Israel
* List concerning Palestine
* 1947 UNGA Resolution 181
* 1948 UNGA Resolution 194
* 1967 UNSC Resolution 242
* 1980 UNSC Resolution 478
* 2006 UNSC Resolution 1701
* 2012 UNGA Resolution 67/19
* 2023 UNSC Resolution 2720

Investigations|

* 2009 Goldstone Report
* 2015 UNHRC Report

ICJ cases|

* 2004 Wall construction
* 2023–present South African allegation of genocide
* 2024 Nicaragua v. Germany
* 2023–2024 Israeli occupation
* 2024–2025 UNRWA ban

ICC|

* Palestine investigation
* arrest warrants

Analysis

* Anti-Palestinianism
* Comparisons between Israel and Nazi Germany
* Criticism
* Criticism of Hamas
* Criticism of Israel
* Israeli criticism of the occupation
* Media coverage
* Racism in Israel
* Racism in Palestine
* Timeline of anti-Zionism
* There was no such thing as Palestinians

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Palestinian Islamic Jihad and Saraya Al-Quds

Divisions|

* Political wing: Palestinian Islamic Jihad
* Militant wing: Saraya Al-Quds

People|

* Deceased
* Ramadan Shalah
* 2020 in Lebanon
* Abu Hamza
* Living
* Ziyad al-Nakhalah

Allied groups|

* Palestinian Joint Operations Room
* Al-Qassam Brigades
* Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
* Tulkarm Brigade

Events|

* 1989: Tel Aviv–Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack
* 1990: Cairo bus attack
* 1992: Murder of Helena Rapp
* 1994: Afula bus suicide bombing
* Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing
* 2001: Binyamina train station suicide bombing
* Camp 80 junction bus 823 attack
* 2002: Tel Aviv outdoor mall bombing
* Matzuva attack
* Neve Shaanan Street bombing
* Hebron ambush
* Yeshivat Otniel shooting
* 2005: Stage Club bombing
* July HaSharon Mall suicide bombing
* Hadera Market bombing
* December HaSharon Mall suicide bombing
* 2006: 1st Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing
* 2nd Rosh Ha'ir restaurant bombing
* 2008: Gaza War
* 2012: Gaza War
* 2013: Bat Yam bus bombing
* 2014: Gaza War
* 2023: Gaza war
* Hamas-led attack on Israel
* Nahal Oz attack
* hostage crisis

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