Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigades

Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigades
لواء الشيخ عمر حديد
LeadersAbu Hafs al-Hashimi al-Qurashi
Abu al-Hussein al-Husseini al-Qurashi †
Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †
Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurashi †
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi †
Yunis Hunnar † (May–June 2015)
Unknown leader (June 2015–)
Dates of operation31 May 2015 – present
Active regions Gaza Strip
 East Jerusalem
IdeologySalafi jihadism[1][2]
Pan-Islamism[3]
Size~200 (2015)[4]
Part of Islamic State
Allies Mujahideen Shura Council
OpponentsState opponents

Non-state opponents

Battles and warsGaza–Israel conflict
Palestinian political violence
Preceded by
al-Qaeda

The Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigades (also called Islamic State in Gaza[9]) is a Islamist militant group that is a faction of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant in the Gaza Strip.[10] The goals of the group matches the goals of the Islamic State as it wants to form a caliphate in Syria, opposes nationalism,[11][12] and wants to destroy all Jews in the country. The group was named after Omar Hadid, a militant from Iraq who was a part of al-Qaeda.[13]


References

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  1. ↑ "Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade". TRAC. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "New Salafi Jihadi Group in Gaza: The Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade". Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi. Retrieved 29 November 2015.
  3. ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (2015-07-02). "ISIS is threatening Hamas in Gaza. That's scary news". Vox. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  4. ↑ "Palestinian Salafists pose dangerous new problem for Hamas". Guardian: The conflict with the militant Salafists – totalling a few hundred at most – has led to a Hamas crackdown and, in reprisal, three rockets fired by the Salafists at Israel. June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  5. ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (2015-07-02). "ISIS is threatening Hamas in Gaza. That's scary news". Vox. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  6. ↑ "Egypt army digs trench along Gaza border to prevent smuggling". DAILY STAR. Archived from the original on 2015-06-22.
  7. ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (2015-07-02). "ISIS is threatening Hamas in Gaza. That's scary news". Vox. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
  8. ↑ "Worse Than Hamas? ISIS in Gaza - Israel Today | Israel News". 2015-07-02. Archived from the original on 2015-06-10.
  9. ↑ Levy, Rachael (9 June 2014). "ISIS: We Are Operating in Gaza". Vocative. Archived from the original on 16 August 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2019.
  10. ↑ "ISIS: We Are Operating in Gaza". Vocative: The extremist terror organization is establishing a toehold inside Gaza, despite Hamas' claims to the contrary. June 9, 2014. Archived from the original on August 16, 2021. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  11. ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (July 2, 2015). "ISIS is threatening Hamas in Gaza". Both "the secular nationalism" of Fatah and "the Islamist nationalism of [Hamas] have run aground," Hussein Ibish, Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute, explains. "So in come the anti-nationalists, who say 'no, no, that's all wrong. It's all about God, Umma, and the caliphate.'" That is ISIS's opening: Palestinians, especially the younger generation, are fed up with their current leaders and looking for something new. Retrieved July 7, 2015.
  12. ↑ Lamb, Franklin (June 21, 2014). "Article: Will ISIS Create al-Sham Caliphate & Liberate Palestine?". MWCNews: One need not be prescient to understand the unfolding "Jihadi Spring" is fueling the plans and perhaps destiny of ascendant Islamists in this region with the increasing help of in-country nationalists, including remnants of the Iraqi Baath Party. Retrieved June 2, 2015.
  13. ↑ Jawad Al-Tamimi, Aymenn (June 2, 2015). "New Salafi Jihadi Group in Gaza". A new group in Gaza calling itself the Sheikh Omar Hadid Brigade claimed credit for rocket attacks on Ashdod in late May. Retrieved June 4, 2015.