Some of these operations were done singly, others in concert with militias belonging to Fatah, Islamic Jihad or the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

ECONOMIST: With every Palestinian death, Hamas grows stronger

In November 2001 he refused orders from his president to arrest members of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Islamic Jihad.

ECONOMIST: The Middle East

But a statement saying the intifada should continue was released by 13 Palestinian factions, including the militant Hamas and Islamic Jihad groups, Arafat's Fatah faction, as well as the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, after they met Sunday.

CNN: Israel begins burying bombing victims