Palestinian Islamic Jihad

IDF kills Palestinian Islamic Jihad commander in targeted strike in Lebanon

Halim spearheaded the integration of PIJ terrorists into Hezbollah's combat operations, according to the IDF.

Wael Mahmoud Abd al-Halim, who served as the Islamic Jihad's Commander of the Beqaa region in Lebanon.
Palestinians walk past the clinic of Doctors Without Borders or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), in the al-Rimal neighborhood of Gaza City on January 11, 2026.

‘No longer a trustworthy humanitarian organization’: NGO Monitor releases report on MSF’s failings

A Hamas terrorist in the Gaza Strip. February 22, 2025.

Hamas refuses to give up weapons, demands Board of Peace change Gaza ceasefire plan

Smoke rises after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following an escalation between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 2, 2026.

IDF kills head of Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Lebanon during strikes in Beirut


Palestinian Islamic Jihad building growing armed presence in Syria with regime’s approval - report

PIJ has reportedly expanded the capabilities of its military wing within Syria in recent weeks, particularly in the Palestinian refugee camps near Damascus.

A masked gunman from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement keeps watch as others search for bodies in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on November 21, 2025.

Dror Or identified as Gaza hostage returned to Israel, PMO confirms

Or was murdered on October 7, 2023, and his body was taken to Gaza by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. His death was formally determined on May 2, 2024. Or was 48 and had three children.

Dror Or

'You are always in my heart': Freed Gaza hostages Rom Braslavski, Sasha Troufanov reunite

Freed hostages Rom Braslavski and Alexander Sasha Troufanov reunited after months apart, sharing an emotional embrace and recalling their shared captivity by Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists.

Rom Braslavski (L) and Alexander Sasha Troufanov (R) embrace after reuniting for the first time since being held by PIJ terrorists in Rafah, November 25, 2025.

WATCH: Remains of slain ex-hostage arrive at Abu Kabir medical center for identification

Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad returned the remains, which were found on Monday, after Netanyahu said the delay in the release constituted a violation of the Gaza ceasefire.

A Red Cross vehicle transports the bodies of hostages who were held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023, attack, after they were handed over by Hamas militants as part of a ceasefire and a hostage-prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Gaza City, October 15, 2025.

Oct. 7 victims sue Binance and founder, say they funneled millions to Hamas

Victims of Hamas’ 2023 attack sued Binance and founder Changpeng Zhao, alleging the platform enabled over $1 billion in transactions for terrorist groups even after its US criminal plea.

Binance founder Changpeng Zhao, also known as CZ, attends the Bitcoin Asia conference, in Hong Kong, China, August 29, 2025.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad claims to have found Gaza hostage remains in central Gaza Strip

An earlier report by Qatari outlet Al Jazeera claimed that PIJ found hostage remains north of Nuseirat.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorists in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip. January 30, 2025.

On This Day: Yasser Arafat, PNC, announce Palestinian Declaration of Independence in Algiers

November 15 is also the birthday of Arafat's successor as PA leader, Mahmoud Abbas, who was born in Safed during the British Mandate in 1935.

Yasser Arafat raises his hand as he declares an independent Palestinian state during the PNC meeting in Algiers. November 15, 1988.

Hamas has information about location of four remaining deceased hostages' remains - KAN

The four hostages whose remains are still being held by Gazan terror groups are Meny Godard, St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, Dror Or, and Thai national Sudthisak Rinthalak.

Hamas terrorists escorting Red Cross during a search for the remains of deceased hostages in Gaza City, November 12, 2025.

Lior Rudaeff, the grandfather who died protecting his community, returns home

A husband, father, and grandfather, longtime Nir Yitzhak resident Lior Rudaeff was a member of the kibbutz’s response team when he was murdered by Palestinian Islamic Jihad on October 7, 2023.

Lior Rudaeff

Starved, blindfolded, beaten: Ex-hostage Rom Braslavski recalls torture in captivity

Braslavski's captors significantly worsened his situation in March 2025, after the second ceasefire deal concluded.

Released Israeli hostage, Rom Braslavski, during an interview for Channel 13.