palestinian islamic jihad meaning and definition

PALESTINIAN ISLAMIC JIHAD noun

Definition of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (noun)

1. a militant Palestinian terrorist group created in 1979 and committed to the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine and to the destruction of Israel; smaller and more exclusively militant that Hamas
   • synonyms: Harakat al-Jihad al-Islami al-Filastini, Palestine Islamic Jihad, PIJ