Palestinian Mujahideen Movement

This article is about the political wing. For the militant wing, see Mujahideen Brigades.

Palestinian Mujahideen Movement حركة المجاهدين الفلسطينية Harakat al-Mujāhidīn al-Filastīnīa
Secretary-General	As'ad Abu Shari'a X
Founder	Omar Abu Sharia X (d. 2007)
Founded	2001
Split from	Fatah in 2001 or 2006
Military wing	Mujahideen Brigades
Ideology	Palestinian Nationalism Anti-zionism Sunni Islamism
Religion	Sunni Islam
Website
km-pal.ps/ar

The Palestinian Mujahideen Movement () is a Palestinian political organisation that split from the Fatah Movement alongside its military wing, the Mujahideen Brigades, which originated from the Martyr Jamal Al-Omari Brigade of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. The movement was founded in 2001 and led by founder Omar Abu Sharia, at the beginning of the Al-Aqsa Intifada.

History

The movement was established in 2001 as a military faction known as the Mujahideen Battalion, headed by the founder, Omar Abu Sharia, with the beginning of the second intifada. As of 2007, the movement was headed by As'ad Abu Shari'a, after his brother Omar Abu Sharia was killed during a targeted attack carried out by Israel.

The organization was founded in 2006 by Omar Abu Sharia ().

In 2012, a cell of the movement from Hebron and the Gaza Strip planned to kidnap an Israeli citizen, as a bargaining chip for the release of Palestinians from the movement imprisoned in Israel.

Over the years, the movement became a member of the Hamas-led government in Gaza and cooperated with it in operations, supplying weapons and training.

Assassinations

Omar Abu Sharia was assassinated in 2006 and died in 2007, he died of his injuries 6 or 7 months after the attack (aged 30 years), according to statements by the movement and allied group Saraya al-Quds. According to Palestinian media, he was assassinated by an air strike on the car he was in on 14 October 2006. The other person in the car died immediately, and Abu Sharia died of his injuries on 25 April 2007.

As'ad Abu Shari'a was both the leader and Secretary-general of the group, he was killed in an Israeli airstrike on 7th June 2025.

According to local sources, the leaders and founders of the Palestinian Mujahideen Movement are from the Al-Hasayna () and Abu Sharia () families in Gaza, and have Bedouin roots. On 23 November 2023, the homes of the Al-Hasayna () and Abu Sharia () families were destroyed in an airstrike, that allegedly killed 93 Palestinians. Neither side acknowledged a possible target, and only civilian casualties were reported. On 23 November 2023 the secretary general of the Mujahedeen Movement, Asaad Abu Sharia, stated that numerous members of his immediate and extended family had been killed in airstrikes. The group said this included their leader's wife and children, his older brother Bassam Attia Abu Sharia, and multiple members of the leader's extended family. They also said the leader's family had been previously targeted at the beginning of the war, killing his sister and three generations of her family.

Subgroups

Mujahideen Brigades

Main article: Mujahideen Brigades

The militant wing is called the Mujahideen Brigades. As they grew they changed their name from Mujahideen Battalion () to the Mujahideen Brigades ().

Martyrs of the Occupied Interior

The movement has a faction called the "Martyrs of the Occupied Interior" unit (), also known as "Dāham" ().

Rightly Guided Caliphs

The Mujahideen Brigades often promote or endorse a Palestinian religious group called the "Rightly Guided Caliphs" ().

See also

• Mujahideen Brigades
• List of political parties in Palestine
• Alliance of Palestinian Forces
• Palestinian Joint Operations Room

External links

• The Party's official website Archived 27 October 2024 at the Wayback Machine (in Arabic)

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