Al-Quds Brigades

Al-Quds Brigades
سرايا القدس
Al-Quds Brigades; سرايا القدس
	Members of the Al-Quds Brigades parade through the Gaza Strip (2022)
Spokesman	Abu Hamza X
Dates of operation	1981–present
Motives	The establishment of a sovereign, Islamic Palestinian state within the geographic borders of pre-1948 Mandatory Palestine
Active regions	Gaza Strip, West Bank, Southern Lebanon
Ideology	Palestinian nationalism; Sunni Islamism; Jihadism; Anti-Zionism
Status	Active
Size	12,000
Part of	Palestinian Joint Operations Room; Palestinian Islamic Jihad
Allies	State allies: ; Iran; Syria; (until 2024); Non-state allies: ; Al-Qassam Brigades; National Resistance Brigades; Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades; Hezbollah
Opponents	Israel; Palestinian Authority
Battles and wars	Israeli–Palestinian conflict First Intifada; Second Intifada; 2006 Gaza–Israel conflict; Gaza War (2008–2009); 2012 Gaza War; 2014 Gaza War; 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis; Gaza war; ; Inter-Palestinian conflicts West Bank insurgency (2022–present); ; Israeli invasion of Lebanon (2024–present);
Website	saraya.ps

Al-Quds Brigades (Arabic: سرايا القدس, Sarāyā al-Quds, meaning "Jerusalem Brigades") is a paramilitary organisation and the armed wing of the Palestinian Islamist organization Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), which is the second largest armed group in the Gaza Strip after Hamas. The Al-Quds Brigades (AQB) leader is Ziyad al-Nakhalah, based in Damascus, Syria. Before he was killed in 2019, the head of AQB in the Gaza Strip was Baha Abu al-Ata.

AQB's parent organization, PIJ, is devoted to the establishment of an Islamic state and the settlement of Palestinians in what it considers their rightful homeland (i.e., within the geographic borders of the pre-1948 Mandatory Palestine). It refuses to participate in political processes or negotiations about a swap of Israeli and Palestinian settlements. The PIJ is funded mostly by Iran, having previously received funding from Ba'athist Syria as well, before the fall of the Assad regime in 2024.