National Resistance Brigades

The National Resistance Brigades (Arabic: كَتَائِبُ الْمُقَاوَمَةِ الْوَطَنِيَّةِ) also called Martyr Omar Al-Qassem Forces or Martyr Omar Al-Qasim Forces (Arabic: قُوَّاتُ الشَّهِيدِ عُمَرَ الْقَاسِمِ), is the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, operating in the Gaza Strip and conducting guerrilla warfare. Abu Khaled is its spokesperson as well as one of its commanders. The group originally broke away from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in 1969 forming the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine and also causing the formation of the National Resistance Brigades in 2000.

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Category:Palestinian Joint Operations Room
Category:Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Category:Gaza Strip
Category:Hamas allies
Category:Arab–Israeli conflict
Category:National liberation movements
Category:Nationalist organizations in Palestine
Category:Nationalist terrorism
Category:Palestinian nationalism
Category:Palestinian political violence
Category:Secularism in Palestine
Category:Militant groups
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