The National Resistance Brigades (Arabic: كتائب المقاومة الوطنية, romanized: Katāʼib al-Muqāwamah al-Waṭanīyah), also known as Martyr Omar Al-Qassem Forces,[4] are the military wing of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, which operates in Gaza[5] and conducts guerilla warfare.

[clarification needed][9] The group was initially known as the Red Star Brigades, before being renamed the Palestinian National Resistance Battalions during the Second Intifada.

[15] They took part in the 2014 Gaza War, and their spokesman Abu Khaled reported in an interview that 25 members of the National Resistance Brigades had been killed, including media officer Youssef Al-Wasifi.

[16] In May 2017 they conducted a joint exercise with the Abdel Qader al-Husseini Brigades at a military training site in the Gaza Strip to display new artillery and missile tactics.

[citation needed] The National Resistance Brigades participated in the 2023 Hamas-led attack on Israel against Israeli civilians and forces, which began the ongoing Israel-Hamas war,[24] and their troops joined the operation launched by Hamas.