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Definition of Qassam brigades

1. Noun. The military arm of Hamas responsible for suicide bombings and other attacks on Israel.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Qassam Brigades

Literary usage of Qassam brigades

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Erased in a Moment: Suicide Bombing Attacks Against Israeli Civilians by Joe Stork (2002)
"In a June 6, 2001 interview, for example, Yassin disputed reports that the 'Izz al-Din al-qassam brigades had declared a truce. "The political wing, not the ..."

2. Terrorist Threats to the United States: Congressional Hearing edited by Lamar Smith (2001)
"These two individuals served as the leaders of the Izz al-Din al-qassam brigades of the Hamas organization prior to their deaths. ..."

3. Terrorist Financing: Report of an Independent Task Force by Maurice R. Greenberg, William F. Wechsler, Lee S. Wolosky (2002)
"The European Union (EU), for instance, forbids fund-raising only for the "military wing" of Hamas—Izzedine al- qassam brigades—even though funds raised by ..."

4. Patterns of Global Terrorism, 1997 edited by Christopher W. Ross (1998)
"The lzz-el-Din al-qassam brigades, the military wing of the lslamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS), claimed responsibility for the attack. ..."

5. Patterns of Global Terrorism 1993 by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... known as the Izz ad-Din al qassam brigades, increased its violent operations in an attempt to disrupt implementation of the DOP. ..."

6. Patterns of Global Terrorism, (1995) by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"... the military wing of HAMAS, the lzz el-Din al-qassam brigades, claimed responsibility for the 19 October suicide bombing of a commuter bus in the heart ..."

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