Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades – PFLP

The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades are the armed wing of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP). They were founded in 2000 under the name of Popular Resistance Forces, before being renamed following the killing of PFLP’s then-secretary general Abu Ali Mustafa in 2001. The brigades are present in both the West Bank and Gaza.

The Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades carried out car bomb attacks and suicide bombings against Israeli targets (including civilians) in Jerusalem and the West Bank during the Second Intifada. One of their notable operations was the assassination of Israeli minister of agriculture Rehavam Ze’evi in October 2001 — which came in response to Israel’s assassination  PFLP secretary general Abu Ali Mustafa.