Al-Quds Brigades
Al-Quds Brigades is a paramilitary organisation and the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad, which is the second largest group in the Gaza Strip, after Hamas. AQB's leader is Ziyad al-Nakhalah, based in... Wikipedia
Founders: Fathi Shaqaqi and Abd Al Aziz Awda
Active regions: Gaza Strip, West Bank, Southern Lebanon
Dates of operation: 1981 –present
Ideology: Palestinian nationalism; Islamism; Jihadism; Anti-Zionism
Size: 12,000
Spokesman: Abu Hamza