Aksa Martyrs Brigades


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Noun1.Aksa Martyrs Brigades - a militant offshoot of al-Fatah that is the newest and strongest and best equipped faction active in the West Bank; responsible for many deadly attacks in Israel in 2002
al-Aksa Martyrs Brigades, Martyrs of al-Aqsa
act of terrorism, terrorism, terrorist act - the calculated use of violence (or the threat of violence) against civilians in order to attain goals that are political or religious or ideological in nature; this is done through intimidation or coercion or instilling fear
West Bank - an area between Israel and Jordan on the west bank of the Jordan river; populated largely by Palestinians
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Sources close to Hamas also claimed that dozens of members of the rival Aksa Martyrs Brigades, the armed wing of Fatah, had volunteered to fight alongside Hamas units, the paper reported.
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arrest in the Jenin refugee camp shot and killed a leader of the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, Muhmmad Aija, 25, who was deputy to Zakaria Zubeidi, a Fatah member wanted by Israel.
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Responsibility for June 9 raid was jointly claimed by Islamic Jihad and the Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades, a militia nominally affiliated with the mainstream secularist Fatah faction headed by the Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas.
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The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, is trying to convince militant factions like Hamas, Islamic Jihad and his own Al Aksa Martyrs Brigades to stop firing rockets into Israel for a month and then extend a cease-fire to the West Bank.
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