Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades

Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades
كتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى
Katāʾib Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā
LeadersAhmad Sa'adat
Abu Jamal (spokesperson)
Dates of operation1967–present
MotivesEstablishing an independent, secular, and socialist state in Palestine (region).
Active regionsWest Bank
Gaza strip
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Ideology
SizeUnknown
Part of Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine
Palestinian Joint Operations Room
AlliesState allies:
 Iran
 Syria
(until 2024)
 Libya (until 2011) Non-state allies:
Al-Qassam Brigades
Al-Quds Brigades
National Resistance Brigades
 Hezbollah
Opponents Israel
 Palestinian Authority
Battles and warsWar of Attrition
Black September
Lebanese Civil War
First Intifada
Second Intifada
Gaza War (2008–2009)
2012 Gaza conflict
2014 Gaza war
2021 Conflict
2023–2025 Gaza war
Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present)
Websitewww.abuali.ps

The Brigades of the Martyr Abu Ali Mustafa (Arabic: كتائب الشهيد أبو علي مصطفى, romanized: Katāʾib ash-Shahīd Abū ʿAlī Muṣṭafā) are the armed wing of the Marxist–Leninist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) in the Palestinian territories (the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem). It was named after Mustafa Ali Zabri, better known by his kunya Abu Ali Mustafa.