Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ezzedine_al-Qassam_Brigades

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	militant armed wing
gptkbp:affiliation	Sunni Islam
gptkbp:alliedWith	gptkb:Hezbollah gptkb:Palestinian_Islamic_Jihad gptkb:Popular_Resistance_Committees
gptkbp:armedForcesSize	estimated 15,000–40,000
gptkbp:designation	terrorist organization (by Israel, US, EU, UK, Canada, Egypt) militant group (by some media and organizations)
gptkbp:flag	green with Arabic script
gptkbp:founded	1991
gptkbp:fundedBy	gptkb:treaty donations smuggling taxation in Gaza
gptkbp:goal	establishment of an Islamic state in historic Palestine
gptkbp:headquarters	gptkb:Gaza_Strip
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades
gptkbp:ideology	gptkb:Islamism Palestinian nationalism
gptkbp:leader	gptkb:Mohammed_Deif
gptkbp:leaderTitle	Commander
gptkbp:mediaType	gptkb:Al-Aqsa_TV gptkb:Al-Aqsa_Radio
gptkbp:motto	Preparation is the foundation of victory
gptkbp:namedAfter	gptkb:Izz_ad-Din_al-Qassam
gptkbp:notableBattle	gptkb:2014_Gaza_War gptkb:2021_Israel–Palestine_crisis gptkb:2023_Israel–Hamas_war
gptkbp:notableOperation	October 7, 2023 attacks in Israel kidnapping of Gilad Shalit
gptkbp:notableSpeaker	Abu Obaida
gptkbp:opposedBy	gptkb:State_of_Israel Fatah (at times)
gptkbp:parentOrganization	gptkb:Hamas
gptkbp:primaryConflict	gptkb:Israeli–Palestinian_conflict
gptkbp:region	gptkb:Gaza_Strip gptkb:West_Bank
gptkbp:supports	gptkb:Iran gptkb:Qatar gptkb:Turkey
gptkbp:uniform	military fatigues, face masks
gptkbp:uses	tunnels small arms drones rockets improvised explosive devices
gptkbp:website	https://www.alqassam.ps/
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Tahrir_al-Sham
gptkbp:bfsLayer	7