The younger generations of Fatah, especially within the militant al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades, have been more prone to splits, and a number of lesser networks in Gaza and the West Bank have established themselves as either independent organizations or joined Hamas.

It has later been subsumed by or sidlined by the al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigade.

* Al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades – The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades were created in the Second Intifada to bolster the organization's militant standing vis-à-vis the rival Hamas movement, which had taken the lead in attacks on Israel after 1993, and was gaining rapidly in popularity with the advent of the Intifada.

Some Israeli government officials opined in 2002 that the armed Fatah sub-group al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades commenced attacks towards Israel in order to compete with Hamas.

On 6 May 2002, the Israeli government released a report, based in part on documents captured during the Israeli raid of Arafat's Ramallah headquarters, which included copies of papers signed by Arafat authorizing funding for al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades ' activities.

Marwan Barghouti ( a leader of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades ) emerged as a possible replacement during the Second Intifada, but Israel had him arrested for being involved in the killing of twenty-six civilians, and he was sentenced to five life terms.

The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades claimed responsibility for the attack.

Israel accused him of founding the al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades and attempted to assassinate him in 2001.

Several months later, he was indicted in civilian court on charges of murder and attempted murder stemming from attacks carried out by the al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades on Israeli soldiers.

This investigation, combined with the documents found by the Israel Defense Forces ( IDF ), led the government of Israel to draw the conclusion that the al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades have always been directly funded by Yasser Arafat.

" In July he further declared " The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, military wing of the Fatah movement will not be dissolved and Fatah will never relinquish its military wing.

Notable members of the al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigade ( ordered lexicographically according to the last name ) includes active militants and militants that were killed or arrested by the Israeli security forces.

* List of al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades suicide attacks

Terrorism Q & A: al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades

* Profile: al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigade

* The al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades: A political tool with an edge, from Israel's Institute for Counter-Terrorism.

* al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades Joins the Fatah Council.

* al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades, Ynet Newspaper Lexicon, News online about the Palestinian Israeli conflict updated regularly

Hamas and al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades claimed responsibility.

The al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades claimed responsibility.

The al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades claimed responsibility.

Yasser Arafat's al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades claim responsibility.

The al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades faction of Fatah claimed responsibility and expresses regret that Arabs were among the dead and wounded.

Mer-Khamis co-founded the theatre with Zakaria Zubeidi, former military chief of the al-Aqsa Brigades who had renounced violence.

The Fatah's al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades claimed responsibility.

The Fatah al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades claimed responsibility.

* Cistern 8 ( located just north of the al-Aqsa Mosque ) — known as the Great Sea, a large rock hewn cavern, the roof supported by pillars carved from the rock ; the chamber is particularly cave-like and atmospheric, and its maximum water capacity is several hundred thousand gallons.

The passageway for each is vaulted, and has two aisles ( in the case of the triple gate, a third aisle exists for a brief distance beyond the gate ); the eastern aisle of the double gates and western of the triple gates reach the surface, the other aisles terminating some way before the steps – Warren believed that one aisle of each original passage was extended when the al-Aqsa Mosque blocked the original surface exits.

" Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram ( the Sacred Mosque ) to al-Masjid al-Aqsa ( the Further Mosque ), whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs.

Al-Aqsa Mosque ( Arabic :< big > المسجد الاقصى </ big > al-Masjid al-Aqsa,, " the Farthest Mosque ,") also known as Al-Aqsa and Bayt al-Muqaddas, is a holy site for Muslims and is located in the Old City of Jerusalem.

The Old City is home to several sites of key religious importance: the Temple Mount and its Western Wall for Jews, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre for Christians, and the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Muslims.

UNESCO never criticized repeated episodes of mechanized excavations within the Temple Mount ground by the Muslim Waqf, and is financing a museum within the al-Aqsa Mosque.

It is generally agreed upon that the ' Furthest Mosque ' refers to Masjid al-Aqsa in Jerusalem and the ' Sacred Mosque ' refers to Masjid al-Haram.

It is extremely weak in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, and has not been active during the al-Aqsa Intifada.

The current status of the al-Aqsa Support Division is unknown, leading people to believe that the statement was merely rhetoric.

Faisal Husseini, former Palestinian Authority Minister for Jerusalem, compared the al-Aqsa intifada following the Oslo peace process to the tactic of coming out of the Trojan Horse used by the Greeks in the myth of the Trojan War.

The year 2000 in Israel-Palestine marked the beginning of the al-Aqsa Intifada leading to a number of Palestinian and Israeli deaths.

He has remained an adamant supporter of the Oslo Accords and the Palestinian Authority since their inception despite the First Intifada and the al-Aqsa Intifada ( Second Intifada ).

Since the start of the al-Aqsa Intifada, the Oslo Accords are viewed with increasing disfavor by both the Palestinian and Israeli public.

As an attempt to break the stalemate, U. S. President Bill Clinton proposed dividing sovereignty of the site vertically-the ground and area below coming under Israeli sovereignty, while that above the ground ( i. e. the Haram al-Sharif containing the Dome of the Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque ) would be under Palestinian sovereignty.

One teenager was recruited by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the other by the al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades.

Since the beginning of the al-Aqsa Intifada ( 2000 ), Gush Katif settlements were the target of thousands of violent attacks by Palestinian militants.

Although he was accredited as a Fatah delegate, one of 2, 000, to the conference in Bethlehem, Zubeidi was momentarily refused entry to the meeting hall, resulting in condemnations by al-Aqsa Brigade members in Nablus and Jenin, as well as those outside of the Palestinian territories, who described the move as " stabbing the resistance in the back.

This appointment and corruption claims against Arafat's family were partially the catalyst for intense armed conflict in the streets of Gaza between Palestinian ' militants ' of the al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigade group and fighters loyal to Chairman Arafat's Fatah.

During the al-Aqsa Intifada, which erupted in September 2000, the Combat Engineering Corps were employed to disarm many Palestinian IED explosive charges and booby traps.

PENGON was initiated after the 2000 al-Aqsa Intifada due to heightened demands for Palestinian environmental organizations to defend the Palestinian environment.

The Karni terminal has been attacked several times by Palestinian terrorists since the beginning of the al-Aqsa Intifada, in either mortar attacks or frontal infantry assaults, forcing temporary shut-downs for repairs and enhancement of security procedures.

One teenager told interrogators that he was recruited to act as a couriers by the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and the second by the al-Aqsa Martyrs ' Brigades.

The development of educational institutions independent from the Gush Katif bloc was due to its isolated location and intensifying Palestinian attacks on traffic using the only route in during the al-Aqsa Intifada.

* al-Aqsa International Foundation, a charity with alleged ties to the Palestinian militant organisation Hamas