Terrorist groups - home based:
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade (AAMB):
aim(s): drive the Israeli military and Jewish settlers from the West Bank, impel Israelis to leave Jerusalem and, ultimately, establish a Palestinian state comprising the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and Jerusalem
area(s) of operation: headquartered in the West Bank, where AAMB is operationally active targeting Israeli soldiers and Israeli civilians living in Jewish settlements in the West Bank; estimated in 2015 to have a few hundred members, who operate in small decentralized cells, with each cell reporting to a local leader
Terrorist groups - foreign based:
Army of Islam (AOI):
aim(s): enhance its networks in the West Bank and, ultimately, establish an Islamic caliphate
area(s) of operation: maintains a limited operational presence
HAMAS:
aim(s): bolster recruitment networks in the West Bank and, ultimately, destroy the state of Israel
area(s) of operation: actively recruits youths and grooms young school children to embrace the group's ideology; in late 2016, an Islamic faction identified with HAMAS was known to recruit at the al-Quds University in Abu Dis, a Palestinian town in the Jerusalem Governorate bordering Israeli-controlled Jerusalem
Kahane Chai (Kach):
aim(s): expel Arabs from Israel's biblical lands and, ultimately, restore the biblical state of Israel
area(s) of operation: present in West Bank Jewish settlements, especially the Qiryat Arba' settlement in Hebron, where operatives have previously conducted bombings and shootings against Muslim and Christian Palestinians; considered to be operationally inactive in recent years
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ):
aim(s): create an Islamic state in all of historic Palestine as defined by the British Mandate, which includes the West Bank
area(s) of operation: maintains a limited operational presence
Palestine Liberation Front (PLF):
aim(s): enhance its networks in the West Bank and, ultimately, destroy the state of Israel and establish a secular, Marxist Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital
area(s) of operation: maintains a recruitment and limited training presence in some of the West Bank's refugee camps
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP):
aim(s): bolster its recruitment networks in the West Bank
area(s) of operation: maintains a recruitment presence targeting youths