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Palestinian Islamic Jihad: ‘Military wing ready to fight in Gaza, Jenin, everywhere’

“What we have prepared—and some of it has been revealed, like the ‘Jenin’ drone—is only a part of our strength that the enemy is going to taste soon,” said a speaker at a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rally.

“Palestine Today TV” (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) aired a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rally held in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip on May 18, 2022. Credit: MEMRI.
“Palestine Today TV” (Palestinian Islamic Jihad) aired a Palestinian Islamic Jihad rally held in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip on May 18, 2022. Credit: MEMRI.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Palestine Today TV aired its rally held in Beit Hanoun in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, showcasing a Kornet anti-tank missile launcher and a giant statue of one of its fighters.

According to a report by the Middle East Research Media Research Institute (MEMRI), the broadcast showed what it claimed was an anti-tank missile attack against an Israeli vehicle on May 10, 2021.

Masked Palestinian Islamic Jihad members also said that its military wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, is prepared to fight in Gaza, Jenin and “anywhere in Palestine,” including where the “stupid enemy” does not expect it.

Said a speaker at the rally: “What we have prepared—and some of it has been revealed, like the ‘Jenin’ drone—is only a part of our strength that the enemy is going to taste soon, Allah willing.”

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