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Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (named after the thousands of Palestinians killed during the Al-Aqsa Intifada) – several thousand armed fighters, an offshoot of the Fatah party, many of whom work in the Preventative Security forces. Izzedine Al-Qassam Brigades (named after a hero of Islamic resistance in Palestine) – the militia of Hamas, with about 15,000 members.
