August 7, 2022
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Assessing Palestinian Islamic Jihad’s Military Capabilities After the August 2022 Conflict
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) is the second-largest terrorist organization in the Gaza Strip after Hamas. Over the years, PIJ has strengthened its military capabilities with significant assistance from Iran, and particularly the Quds Force, the foreign operations arm of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). Until the United States killed him in 2020, Quds Force Commander Qassem Soleimani personally supervised this military build-up. Today, the Quds Force continues to fund and arm PIJ under the leadership of Esmail Qaani.