"We have only one enemy. I will continue to carry the rifle and pull the trigger whenever required to defend my people."

From Gaza, Abu Ataya went to Egypt. His path led him to Syria, Morocco, Tunisia, and even as far as Germany, where he enrolled in a military academy for three years. He travelled to Algeria and then Iraq before ending his tour of the Arab world and returning finally home to Gaza in 1993 despite his strong opposition to the recently signed Oslo Accords.

He worked in the Palestinian Authority security forces as an officer and soon became an elected member of Fatah. But Abu Ataya was dissatisfied with the level of corruption in Fatah. The party expelled him after he protested against their corruption, and the PA even abducted him for 19 months in their prisons for working with PIJ. Abu Ataya soon realized he had to create his own project.

With the help of Saraya Al-Quds leaders and with the spark of the second intifada in 2000, he announced the beginnings of the Popular Resistance Committees from Rafah, Gaza and formed the Nasser Al-Salah Al-Din Brigades, its military wing. Its fighters were mostly ex-Fatah and PA forces members, along with Hamas and PIJ fighters. Abu Ataya established extensive relationships with other resistance forces, and as such, PRC maintained and still maintains a very close relationship to Hezbollah.

After Al-Qassam Brigades and Saraya Al-Quds, the Nasser Al-Salah Al-Din Brigades is the strongest military wing in Gaza. Its operations are many, painful, and precise. The Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades were the first in Palestine to blow up the "indestructible" IOF Merkava, killing many IOF soldiers and wounding others. Under Abu Ataya's command, fighters infiltrated several settlements and on one occasion in 2003, attacked a US convoy that killed five in Gaza. Years after his martyrdom, PRC fighters continue to carry out destructive and creative operations, such as the Flag Ambush Operation of 2018, in which explosives were hidden inside a flagpole on the Gaza colonial border. Under Abu Ataya and now, the PRC's "Nasser" and "Abu Ataya" rockets cause destruction to the fragile zionist entity, striking "Tel Aviv" and beyond, its AQ suicide drones strike IOF targets, and its fighters are active in the West Bank.

In his heroic journey, he survived three assassination attempts by the zionist entity. A cautious man, he did not carry a phone; contact with him was only possible through associates. In August 2004, he survived a targeted zionist bombing. After these assassination attempts, he elected to walk everywhere, abandoning his car.

"We will strike them in their heart as they struck us in our heart."

In 2006, Abu Ataya became the first resistance commander to hold a governmental position in Gaza under the Hamas government; he was the most wanted by the zionist entity after Al-Qassam Brigades commander-in-chief Mohammed Deif. This position put him on even worse terms with the enemy. Faced with threats from the US and zionist entity, Abu Ataya declared: "I do not fear zionist threats. We are not afraid of the zionist entity. All of our people are within their circle of targeting, and we will use all means to protect the resistance and our people. We are not afraid of death. We fight for martyrdom."

On this day 17 years ago, US-funded zionist planes bombarded a PRC training site, targeting Sheikh Jamal. He ascended to martyrdom with his comrades, fulfilling his destiny. Immediately following the news of his martyrdom, "Sderot" was bombarded by the missiles of the resistance and resistance fighters carried out operations on soldiers and settlers. A page of the Palestinian struggle was turned, but the chapter had not ended.

In fact, at the moment of his martyrdom, Abu Ataya was strategizing with martyr Ahmed Al-Jabari for a carefully planned joint operation which would shatter the enemy's illusion of security. This operation, aptly named Operation Dissipated Illusion, was carried out by fighters of Nasser Al-Salah Al-Din Brigades 17 days after Abu Ataya's martyrdom.

At 5:15 AM in Rafah, where the PRC marked its beginnings, PRC fighters shelled an IOF watchtower and opened fire. They crossed into the occupied Palestine, gunning down soldiers. By the end of the affair, two IOF soldiers had been killed, five were wounded, and the prize of IOF soldier Gilad Shalit had been taken by fighters who returned to Gaza. Two fighters ascended to martyrdom in the heroic operation. On the same day, PRC fighters in the West Bank carried out the Rage of the Knights operation, in which they kidnapped a zionist police officer and killed him. In Gaza, Shalit was carefully guarded despite manic IOF raids to find him, as PRC fighters handed him to Al-Qassam Brigades for protection.

Five years later, Gilad would be exchanged for over 1,000 prisoners in zionist jails in the "Faithful to the Free" operation mediated by Hamas; a mere 1 minute video of him freed 19 women prisoners two years before that. Today, we honor the legacy of this mountain of a leader, who martyr Basil Al-Araj described as "a man of brilliant military mindset—the Artaboun of Palestine."

Sheikh Jamal Abu Samhadna taught us: "Our victories over the zionist occupation have proven their failure and their impotence. They have proven that there is no shrewdness in the 'Palestinian negotiator,' but that the real shrewdness comes from the Palestinian fighter who tarnished the honor of 'israel' in the dust. The most honorable position that a Palestinian can arrive at is to become a fighter and protect his people and his sanctities, to sacrifice all that he has for the sake of his people's freedom."

Freedom for our heroic prisoners.
Glory to our commanding martyr whose legacy endures.
Glory to the destroyer of the indestructible.

A tribute to the martyred leader Jamal Abu Samhadana, Abu Ataya.

"There is no shrewdness in the 'Palestinian negotiator'; the real shrewdness comes from the Palestinian fighter who tarnished the honor of 'israel' in the dust. The most honorable position that a Palestinian can arrive at is to become a fighter."

The founder of the Popular Resistance Committees and its military wing, the Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades, Abu Ataya oversaw the first destructions of the "indestructible" Merkava tank, proving it was possible and planting the seeds for today's daring operations in the heart of Gaza. He commanded joint operations in his time, working closely with other factions in Palestine and elsewhere.

His Brigades carried out the plan he created before his martyrdom, capturing the soldier Gilad Shalit days after his assassination as part of Operation Dissipated Illusion: 19 women prisoners were freed for mere information about Gilad, and two years later, over 1,000 prisoners were freed in exchange for him.

Today, the Al-Nasser Salah Al-Din Brigades are present on the field, using suicide drones, rockets, RPGs, snipers, mortars, and various kinds of weaponry to once again destroy tanks in Gaza. The Brigades carried out the legendary and creative Flag Ambush of 2018, inheriting Abu Ataya's will to resist and prowess in the field.

"Do not abandon your weapons no matter the cost, and continue fighting and continue striking your enemy everywhere you can reach."

Glory to our martyred leaders!

🚨 4 martyrs ascended, including a young girl, as a result of the IOF bombing an apartment in Al-Daraj neighborhood in Gaza City, northern #Gaza Strip.

🟡 Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades - Youth of Revenge and Liberation - Balata Camp:
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Hasten to arms…
Hasten to jihad…

🚨 The ship that was targeted 80 nautical miles southeast of Aden, Yemen, had a fire break out on board after it was hit by an “unknown projectile.”

🟡 Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades - Youth of Revenge and Liberation - Balata Camp:
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Our Brigades are on the lookout for you. Our fighters are in the fields, and the words are those of our bullets and explosives in the alleys of the camp.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades
Youth of Revenge and Liberation - Balata Camp

🚨 Armed clashes have erupted between the resistance and occupation forces in Balata camp, #Nablus, with resistance fighters detonating explosive devices in their ongoing confrontations with the invading zionist army.

🟡 Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades - Youth of Revenge and Liberation - Balata Camp:
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Our fighters are engaged in fierce clashes with the invading zionist occupation forces in Balata Camp, targeting them with heavy barrages of bullets and explosive devices.

And this is just some of the might of our Brigades.

Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades
Youth of Revenge and Liberation - Balata Camp
9 June 2024.

Al-Wadie Group (Nablus):
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In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
"But when it descends in their territory, then evil is the morning of those who were warned."
This is the truth of Allah Almighty.

At this moment, our fighters are engaged in armed clashes and detonating explosives, alongside all the resistance factions in Nablus.

Your brothers,
Al-Wadie Groups

🚨 Heavy IOF artillery shelling and gunfire have been targeting northern, eastern, and central Rafah in the southern #Gaza Strip. The sounds of clashes are heard in Khirbet Al-Adas, northeast of Rafah.

🚨 The UKMTO reports a second attack on a ship in the Gulf of Aden, 70 nautical miles southwest of Aden, Yemen.

"He's alive! He's alive!"

A touching video captures the moment a father realizes his son is alive after thinking he was martyred in the Nusseirat camp massacre, which resulted in 218 martyrs and over 400 wounded. The father notices his son's arm moving after he tells him he will bury him next to his martyred sister.