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Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades

Zakaria Zubeidi, 49, a Palestinian prisoner and former a top commander in the Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades who was released by Israel, January 30, 2025. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
August 12, 2025, 3:56 pm
‘There’s no solution’: Ex-terror chief Zubeidi laments failed Palestinian strategies
Zubeidi, who organized dozens of attacks during Second Intifada and was freed in January truce, says Palestinians must ‘reconsider tools’; doing Ph.D. in Israel studies at Birzeit
By Nava Freiberg
Left: Freed terror chief Zakaria Zubeidi is welcomed in the West Bank city of Ramallah after being released from Israeli prison as part of a hostage-ceasefire deal, January 30, 2025. (Flash90); Right: Defense Minister Israel Katz attends a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 22, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 1, 2025, 11:50 pm
Defense minister warns freed terrorist Zubeidi: ‘One mistake and you’ll meet old friends’
Katz says ‘we will not accept support for terrorism’ after released prisoner declares ‘resistance will lead us to freedom’; PA cancels celebration for him following Israeli warnings
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Zakaria Zubeidi, after being recaptured in northern Israel on September 11, 2021, following his escape from Gilboa Prison. (Courtesy)
January 30, 2025, 4:22 am
Zakaria Zubeidi, Mahmoud Atallah among notorious terrorists set for release Thursday
Israel has yet to name the 110 prisoners who will be freed in return for 3 hostages, though public broadcaster says 33 of them are serving life terms for deadly attacks
By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff
Zakaria Zubeidi, then-leader of Fatah's Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, is carried by supporters a presidential campaign rally in support of now-PA President Mahmoud Abbas, in the West Bank city of Jenin. Zubeidi is on the list of Palestinian prisoners to be released in return for hostages from Gaza. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File)
January 18, 2025, 1:40 pm
Israel to free up to 1,904 Palestinians in 1st stage of hostage deal, including killers
Figures comprises 737 jailed Palestinians, 1,167 Gazans detained in ground op; notorious terrorist Zakaria Zubeidi, others responsible for the murder of dozens, to be freed
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
People inspect a car that was hit by bullets in which at least four Palestinians were killed by Israeli special forces in the West Bank city of Nablus, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
October 9, 2024, 8:33 pm
Undercover Israeli commandos kill terror leader, four others on Nablus street
Local Al-Aqsa Martyr’s Brigade leader, who reportedly survived June 2023 raid, killed in daylight shooting; Israel said to believe armed suspects were planning terror attack
By ToI Staff
Israeli military vehicles drive through a road dug up by the army to stymie hidden explosives, during a raid in Tulkarem in the West Bank on July 23, 2024. (JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
July 23, 2024, 2:15 pm
Tulkarem commanders of Hamas, al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades killed in IDF drone strike
Army says several armed Palestinians killed, including woman dressed as medic while brandishing assault rifle; two Defense Ministry workers wounded by bomb on West Bank barrier
By Emanuel Fabian
A police car is seen in Paris, France, on March 29, 2024. (Photo by Bertrand GUAY / AFP)
June 6, 2024, 12:27 pm
Palestinian arrested in France on charges of financing West Bank terrorism
Suspect is accused of preparing and financing terror attacks against Israelis in the West Bank in early 2023
By AFP
Illustrative: A Palestinian flag is waved in front of the Colosseum, during a rally in support of the Palestinians in Rome, January 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
March 13, 2024, 10:21 pm
Italy refuses to deport Palestinian suspect to Israel, fearing ‘degrading treatment’
Anan Kamal Afif Yaeesh, 36, will remain in Italian prison during probe of Israeli allegations he planned attacks, funded West Bank’s Tulkarem Brigade
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Illustrative: Italian police officers stand guard at Porta Garibaldi train station, in Milan, Italy, September 2, 2021. (Luca Bruno/AP)
March 11, 2024, 3:22 pm
Italy mulls Israel’s extradition request for arrested Palestinian terror suspect
Man is one of three nabbed and suspected of setting up cell linked to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, terror group tied to Abbas’s Fatah party
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Palestinian gunmen take up positions during a confrontation with the Israeli army in the West Bank city of Jenin on July 3, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
August 26, 2023, 2:37 pm
Palestinian gunman dies of wounds weeks after clashing with Israeli troops in Jenin
Al Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade vows to avenge Ezzedin Kanan, who was wounded during major counterterror operation in early July; IDF says troops targeted overnight in separate incidents
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Amir Khalifa, 27, a Palestinian gunman killed by Israeli forces near Nablus in the northern West Bank, August 10, 2023. (Social media)
August 10, 2023, 9:02 am
Palestinian gunman killed by Israeli forces near Nablus
Amir Khalifa said to have been commander in Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades in northern West Bank city’s refugee camp
By Emanuel Fabian
An undated image of members of the Jenin Battalion, a terror group comprising members of different Palestinian armed factions, most prominently Palestinian Islamic Jihad. (Telegram/used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
July 18, 2023, 12:42 am
Continuing crackdown, PA arrests five members of Islamic Jihad near Jenin
Terror group responds by calling for demonstrations across West Bank against ‘treacherous’ Ramallah
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Israeli troops operate in the West Bank, early April 24, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)
April 24, 2023, 2:44 pm
Palestinian man shot dead by Israeli troops during raid near Jericho
Military says suspect ‘spotted fleeing the scene’ in Aqabat Jaber refugee camp; 20-year-old thought to be affiliated with Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade terror group
By Emanuel Fabian
Members of a West Bank terror cell arrested on December 14, 2022, over an alleged planned bombing attack in Israel, top to bottom: Kayes a-Shiab, Ahmed Taher Jaradat, Haled Marei, Younis. Right: a bomb hidden inside a fire extinguisher the cell allegedly planned to use in Israel. (Shin Bet)
December 26, 2022, 12:37 pm
Shin Bet busts Gaza-directed terror cell planning ‘major’ bombing in Israel
Four West Bank Palestinians detained earlier this month over alleged plot, explosive device hidden in fire extinguisher seized; Lapid hails arrests
By Emanuel Fabian
Palestinian terrorist Nasser Abu Hmeid in an undated photograph. (WAFA)
December 20, 2022, 8:07 am
Mass-murdering terrorist Nasser Abu Hmeid dies of cancer in Israeli custody
Founding member of Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade was serving multiple life sentences for role in terror attacks that killed 7 Israelis; he also murdered 5 Palestinian collaborators
By ToI Staff
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