| Joint Operations Room | |
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| غرفة العمليات المشتركة لفصائل المقاومة الفلسطينية | |
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| Dates of operation | 23 July 2018 (7 years ago) (2018-07-23)[1] |
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| Ideology | Palestinian nationalism Palestinian self-determination Palestinian armed struggle Anti-Zionism Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Big tent |
| Part of | Axis of Resistance[2][3] |
| Opponents |  Israel Palestinian AuthorityPopular Forces[4] |
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ThePalestinian Joint Operations Room,[a] officiallyJoint Room for Palestinian Resistance Factions,[b] is a Gaza-basedjoint front andcommand institution for the military wings of various Palestinian factions. It serves as high command of thede facto armed forces of theHamas-controlled Gazan government and includes armed groups from various backgrounds, and ideologies from both theright and theleft, includingIslamists,socialists,nationalists, and others.[5]
The Joint Operations Room is managed from theGaza Strip, but forms a single battlefront againstIsrael from wherever Palestinian militant forces are located, without being confined to a specific geographic area.[6]
The operations room was formed for the first time in 2006 in order to unite against Israel during clashes and wars and includedHamas and theIslamic Jihad Movement, but it fell into obscurity. It was then developed, expanded, and was formed under its current name on July 23, 2018, among 12 military wings after clashes around Al-Aqsa Mosque, the most prominent of which was the installation of electronic gates there by Israel, in what is consideredIsraeli-occupiedEast Jerusalem.[1] It currently consists of 12 different armed groups, and has coordinated a large number of attacks on Israel including theOctober 7 attacks,[7] and has also coordinated defence and retaliations against Israeli attacks.[8][9]Ayman Nofal said that the goal of the room was to create an inter-organizational alliance to coordinate operations, and increase the potential of the "Palestinian Resistance", and for it to "become a comprehensive framework for all the organizations, networks and fighters, without exception".[10] He also gave a list of the 9 factions out of 12 which he said were "fully unified under the room".[8]
In 2019, the operations room launched its first military operation in response to thedismembering of the body of a Palestinian fighter on theIsrael-Gaza border by Israeli forces, consisting of shelling and rocket fire into Israel.[11]
Since 2020, the operations room has coordinated annual training exercises for military factions in the Gaza Strip, modelingamphibious and ground attacks on Israeli military installations andKibbutzes.[12] The exercise also included coordinated artillery fire, test rocket launches into the Mediterranean Sea,UAV warfare drills, andmilitary diving.[13] The trainings modeled maneuvers similar to those seen in the 7 October attack on Israel in 2023.[14]
In mid 2024, the operations room accused theBritish Armed Forces of collaborating with Israel on its intelligence efforts in Gaza.[15]
al-Qassam Brigades:Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas)[8][16][9][17]
Al-Quds Brigades:Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)[8][16][9][17]
Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades:Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)[8][16][17]
National Resistance Brigades:Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)[8][16][17]
Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades:Popular Resistance Committees (PRC)[8][16][17]
Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades (ex-Fatah, no longer aligned with it)[8][16][17]
Mujahideen Brigades: (Palestinian Mujahideen Movement)[8][16][17]
Al-Ansar Brigades (Palestinian Freedom Movement)[8][16][17]
Jihad Jibril Brigades: (Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – General Command (PFLP-GC)[8][16]Ex-Fatah groups not mentioned by Nofal:[8]
Abdul al-Qadir al-Husseini Brigades[8][16]Al-Assefa Army[8][16] Ayman Jawda Squads[8][16]All Palestinian armed factions now work within a joint operations room managed in Gaza, forming a single battlefront against Israel from wherever Palestinian resistance forces are located, without being confined to a specific geographic area.
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