The Islamic Group (Arabic: الجماعة الإسلامية Al-Jama'ah Al-Islamiyah) abbreviated as the acronym JI is a Sunni Islamist political party in Lebanon.

[2][3][4] The Islamic Group's armed wing, the al-Fajr Forces (Arabic: قوات الفجر), launched missiles into Israel during the 2023 Israel-Lebanon border clashes,[5][6][7] in what The National called a "resurgence... after almost 20 years of relative inactivity.

"[8] Bassem Hammoud, the deputy head of the Islamic Group's political bureau, clarified that his party was "not in complete alignment with Hezbollah... [b]ut we are with them in terms of resistance against Israel.

[9] On April 26, an Israeli drone strike on a car in Meidoun killed two Islamic Group members, including senior commander Mosab Khalaf.

[10][11] On 18 July 2024, an IDF strike on a car in Ghazzeh, eastern Lebanon killed Mohammad Hamed Gebara, an Islamic Group commander who planned and conducted attacks in collaboration with Hamas.