Manufacturer catalog

Palestinian Islamic Jihad (al-Quds Brigades)

Palestinian Islamic Jihad is a Palestinian militant organization whose al-Quds Brigades armed wing is tied in the catalog to locally produced rocket artillery, launch equipment, and Iranian-enabled missile-production know-how.

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The al-Quds Brigades are the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), a Gaza- and West Bank-active militant organization that U.S. and European reference sources describe as one of the main Palestinian armed groups after Hamas. The organization is not a conventional defense company; its manufacturing relevance comes from armed-wing production infrastructure, recovered components, and externally supported local missile-development capacity.

Open-source missile research links the Badr-3 rocket to an Iranian design effort intended for proxy manufacture, while a public IDF release reported Badr-3 rocket parts and UAV parts at a PIJ weapons-production post in northern Gaza in November 2023. Those sources support treating al-Quds Brigades/PIJ as a local production, assembly, and fielding node for cataloged rocket systems, with Iranian design, training, and support caveats kept explicit.

rocket artillerylocally fabricated munitionsunmanned aircraft systemsanti-tank weaponsimprovised explosive devices

Notable Systems

Badr-3 heavy rocket, Large-calibre artillery rocket, Artillery

Badr-3 heavy rocket

Large-calibre artillery rocket

Large-calibre artillery rocket associated with PIJ's Gaza arsenal; IISS and METIS describe Iranian development for simplified proxy manufacture, and the IDF reported Badr-3 parts at a PIJ weapons-production post in northern Gaza.

Sources: Iran's New Approach to Missile Proliferation, Badr 3 (Rocket) METIS, IDF troops destroy major weapons production post in Gaza
Badr-3 Rocket Launcher System, Rocket launcher system associated with the Badr-3 heavy rocket, Artillery

Badr-3 Rocket Launcher System

Rocket launcher system associated with the Badr-3 heavy rocket

Launch equipment associated with the Badr-3 heavy rocket family; Army Recognition reported an Iranian-origin Badr-3 launcher system uncovered in Gaza, while IDF and Israel Defense reporting tie captured Badr-3 rockets or parts to a PIJ post.

Sources: Israeli Army captures Iranian Badr-3 Rocket Launcher System in Gaza, IDF Captures Badr-3 Rockets in Gaza Strip, IDF troops destroy major weapons production post in Gaza

Manufacturer History

  1. PIJ founded

    The National Counterterrorism Center dates PIJ's founding to 1979 and describes it as a Sunni Islamist militant group active in the Gaza Strip and West Bank.

    Sources: NCTC PIJ profile

  2. al-Quds Brigades military wing active

    NCTC identifies al-Quds Brigades as PIJ's military wing and says it has been responsible for attacks on Israeli targets since the 1990s.

    Sources: NCTC PIJ profile

  3. Badr-3 appears in PIJ media

    IISS analysis of leaked material and PIJ media describes the Badr-3 as a simple Iranian 17-inch artillery rocket designed for production by proxies, with a Palestinian Islamic Jihad incarnation.

    Sources: Iran's New Approach to Missile Proliferation

  4. PIJ production post reported captured in Gaza

    The IDF said its troops captured a northern Gaza post belonging to a PIJ regional commander and removed weapons including Badr-3 rocket parts and UAV parts.

    Sources: IDF troops destroy major weapons production post in Gaza

Website links
NCTC PIJ profileECFR al-Quds Brigades profileIISS report on Iran's missile proliferation modelOFAC sanctions record

This profile covers a sanctioned militant organization and its armed wing rather than a conventional company. Sources differ in transliteration and naming; headquarters and map fields are omitted because reliable public sources describe operating areas, external offices, or leader locations rather than a stable headquarters. The official media site is included only as the required website identity field and is not used as independent support for historical or technical claims.

Manufacturer Sources

  • al-Quds Brigades official media sitePublisher: Saraya al-Quds | Note: Official al-Quds Brigades media site used only to identify the current public website; independent claims in this profile rely on external reference and government sources. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • NCTC PIJ profilePublisher: National Counterterrorism Center | Note: Supports PIJ founding date, operating areas, al-Quds Brigades as PIJ's military wing, tactics including rockets, UAS, ATGMs, MANPADS, and IEDs, and provides the PIJ emblem image used in this profile. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • ODNI privacy policy and copyright noticePublisher: Office of the Director of National Intelligence | Note: Supports reuse context for the NCTC-hosted PIJ emblem image: ODNI-created material is public domain when ODNI or the relevant component is cited. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • ECFR al-Quds Brigades profilePublisher: European Council on Foreign Relations | Note: Supports al-Quds Brigades as PIJ's armed wing, its status as a major Gaza armed group after Hamas, and its activity in Gaza and the northern West Bank. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Iran's New Approach to Missile ProliferationPublisher: International Institute for Strategic Studies | Note: Supports the Badr-3 as an Iranian-designed artillery rocket associated with Palestinian Islamic Jihad and optimized for production by proxies, including local production outside Iran. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Badr 3 (Rocket) METISPublisher: Fenix Insight / METIS | Note: Supports Badr-3 as a large-calibre, PIJ-associated, Gazan-produced artillery rocket and lists Palestine among countries of manufacture. | Accessed: 2026-06-21
  • IDF troops destroy major weapons production post in GazaPublisher: Israel Defense Forces | Note: Supports the catalog-specific production-site context: the IDF said troops captured a PIJ post in northern Gaza, removed Badr-3 rocket parts and UAV parts, and described the post as a weapon-production asset. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Treasury sanctions release on Hamas and PIJ support networksPublisher: U.S. Department of the Treasury | Note: Supports source caveats on Iranian support to PIJ, including Treasury's statement that IRGC support enabled PIJ activities and trained PIJ fighters to build and develop missiles in Gaza. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • Israeli Army captures Iranian Badr-3 Rocket Launcher System in GazaPublisher: Army Recognition | Note: Supports the associated Badr-3 launcher-system context for the second catalog-linked notable system. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • IDF Captures Badr-3 Rockets in Gaza StripPublisher: Israel Defense | Note: Supports launch-history and captured-rocket context connecting Badr-3 rockets and associated launch equipment to PIJ-linked Gaza stocks. | Accessed: 2026-07-11
  • OFAC Palestine Islamic Jihad sanctions recordPublisher: Office of Foreign Assets Control | Note: Supports sanctioned-entity context and aliases including PIJ, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Islamic Jihad in Palestine, al-Quds Squads, Sayara al-Quds, and al-Quds Brigades. | Accessed: 2026-06-21

Produced weapons

Category

Artillery

Tube artillery, rocket artillery, and long-range ground fires.

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