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Islamic Jihad

Noun

Meaning

a Shiite terrorist organization with strong ties to Iran; seeks to create an Iranian fundamentalist Islamic state in Lebanon; car bombs are the signature weapon

an Islamic extremist group active since the late 1970s; seeks to overthrow the Egyptian government and replace it with an Islamic state; works in small underground cells

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the original Jihad was responsible for the assassination of Anwar Sadat in 1981 Source: Internet

According to Diskin, Hamas and Islamic Jihad had smuggled in over "5,000 rockets with ranges up to convert." Source: Internet

“According to senior officials, Islamic Jihad told mediators that it has no desire to go to war in Gaza, before or after elections.” Source: Internet

BREAKING: We just struck Islamic Jihad terror targets in both Syria & Gaza in response to rockets fired at Israeli civilians today. Source: Internet

Defense Minister Naftali Bennett, center-left, speaks with mayors of southern Israeli towns during a battle with the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group in the Gaza Strip on February 24, 2020. Source: Internet

Earlier in the day, the IDF conducted a series of strikes on Palestinian Islamic Jihad sites in the Gaza Strip. Source: Internet

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