Palestinian Freedom Movement

Palestinian Freedom Movement (Arabic: حركة الأحرار الفلسطينية) is a Palestinian militant political party. Initially known as Fatah al-Yasir (Arabic: فتح الياسر), the organization was created by former Fatah members after the Hamas takeover of the Gaza Strip in June 2007. The party was led by Khalid Abu-Hilal [ar] ("Abu Adham"), spokesman of the previous Hamas-led government, until his assassination in November 2023.^[1] The party is named after Yasser Arafat. The party does not recognize the authority of Mahmoud Abbas and shares Hamas' view that the current Fatah leadership is corrupt and treacherous. The party believe in armed struggle to end the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

Palestinian Freedom Movement حركة الأحرار الفلسطينية
Leader	Khalid Abu-Hilal [ar] X
Spokesperson	Mustafa al-Qishawi
Founded	2007 (2007)
Military wing	Al-Ansar Brigades
Website
http://www.alahrar.ps (page shut down)
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Al-Ansar Brigades

Al-Ansar Brigades
كتائب الأنصار
Leader	Nael Al Sharif
Dates of operation	2007 – Present
Active regions	Gaza Strip
Ideology	Palestinian nationalism Sunni Islamism Anti-Zionism
Part of	Palestinian Freedom Movement Palestinian Joint Operations Room[2]
Allies	Al-Qassam Brigades  Al-Quds Brigades  Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades  Abu Ali Mustafa Brigades  National Resistance Brigades  Al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades
Opponents	Israel
Battles and wars	Gaza War (2008–2009) 2012 Gaza War 2014 Gaza War 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis Gaza war

It has an armed wing called Al-Ansar Brigades (Arabic: كتائب الأنصار, romanized: Kataeb al-Ansar)^[3]

See also

• Palestinian liberation (disambiguation)