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Image from the Palestinian Fedayeen Network: Translation: "(And He will heal the breasts of a believing people)
Only the muzzles of guns speak" |
Bottom Line Up Front
This article examines the online media ecosystem of the Palestinian Jihadist group, the Fedayeen, focussing on the content on platforms with content moderation in place.
The group uses the name, Palestine Fedayeen Network in their official logo, shown below. The writing in green is the group's name and the writing in yellow is the Islamic Declaration of Faith, the Shahada, which reads "There is no god but Allah. Muhammad is the messenger of God".
The logo further contains two armed individuals, wearing Keffiyehs, positioned on either side of what appears to be the Dome of the Rock, an Islamic shrine at the centre of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound on the Temple Mount in the Old City of Jerusalem. Keffiyehs are especially significant in the context that the group's terrorist-supportive messaging is in both English and Arabic. The Keffiyeh has been adopted in the West by Islamist-supportive groups and individuals, in addition to neo-Nazis and anti-Semites. This is consistent with the content in the group's online ecosystem. It is likely that the logo is AI-generated because the type of guns depicted in the image do not exist.
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| Palestine Fedayeen Netowork Official Logo |
Background and Origins of the Fedayeen:
The CIA has at least two excellent documents in their reading room on the origins, TTPs (tactics, techniques and procedures), connections, theatre of operations, leadership, and other details of the Fedayeen for further reading, which is highly encouraged for full understanding of the group.
However, for the purposes of this report, we directly quote a section from one of these documents, "Fedayeen -- 'Men of Sacrifice'" (Reference Title: ESAU XLVIII)" that we believe provides sufficient knowledge on the group's background and origins for the purpose of contextualising the group's online activities. The quoted section is as follows:
"The fedayeen -- literally, men of sacrifice -- are armed fighters committed to the return of the Palestinian Arabs to their homeland. They represent many different political philosophies, strategies, and tactics. Some favor terrorism, some traditional commando-type operations. A negligible force in the Middle East before the June 1967 war, the fedayeen have emerged since then as a markedly instable element in a particularly explosive part of the world. Their success has been primarily political, a result of their psychological impact in the Arab World.
The fedayeen receive some degree of support from every Arab state, since anti-Israel sentiment provides one of the few unifying issues in the divided Arab world. This sentiment is magnified by the plight of the 700 000 Palestinians* who were displaced by the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and resettled in impoverished UN refugee camps, mostly in Jordan, the Gaza Strip, and Lebanon. Their fellow Arabs have made little effort over the years to absorb the refugees, but have preferred to use them instead to dramatize Israel's "illegitimacy" and "inhumanity".
*This figure has since grown to almost one and a half million now registered with the UN Relief and Works Agency.
The dispersal of the Palestinians was reflected in the initial fragmentation of their leadership and the weakness of their organizations. Before the June 1967 war, their two main political organizations were the Arab Nationalist Movement (ANM) and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). The ANM was founded by Palestinian intellectuals in the late 1940s, dedicated to a pan-Arab philosophy aiming at liquidation of the state of Israel. It established branches throughout the Middle East, each of which adapted to local conditions and became essentially non-Palestinian local parties. The international ANM itself never achieved any real degree of cohesion or power and by the late 1960s, had ceased to function. The PLO, on the other hand, was officially established by the 1964 Summit Conference of the Arab states and for the next five years was largely a UAR (United Arab Republic) puppet, operating rather ineffectually behind a facade of militancy. The only actively militant group of any consequence in the immediate pre-1967 war was Fatah, which depended at the time primarily on Syrian favors for its existence*.
The 1967 war gave the fedayeen the impetus they had lacked. The thousands of Palestinians who now fled from the West to the East Bank of the Jordan provided a fertile source of both new recruits and logistic support. The fact that Syria, Jordan, and the UAR had now also lost territory to Israel resulted in increased world-wide diplomatic support for a change in the Middle East status quo and a rectification of existing boundaries. In addition, the Arab states had now lost face once more as a result of their humiliating defeat, and the Arab world was in search of an heroic image to bolster its damaged pride
*A number of small Palestinian fedayeen groups did operate ineffectually during the 1950's, with Egyptian support."
Social Media:
The group has a presence on at least eight social media platforms where it spreads Jihadist terrorist ideology, targeting Jews and dictating a narrative of killing Jews and destroying Israel. The group has its main page on Linkbio where they keep a list of some of their social media profiles, which in turn share links to their other accounts. This article lists the platforms that the group is active on and examines the main themes from each. Most of the following accounts are listed on the group's Linkbio page. Those not listed on Linkbio were located manually or because the other accounts shared them. Editorial Note: Although every effort was made to find as many social media accounts linked to the group as possible, it is possible that some were missed.
The sheer amount of content that this group has across numerous platforms is overwhelming and highly concerning. The group is ideally positioned to operate a vast online presence with the goal to recruit and radicalise Palestinian or Palestinian-supportive Jihadist terrorists, because it draws less attention from the general public and news outlets alike as a result of its low on-the-ground presence compared to Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad etc. Their online recruitment and radicalisation ecosystem should be concerning to authorities and content moderators.
Mirror Accounts:
A notable strategy employed by this group is the use of mirror accounts, where the same or very similar content is shared between different accounts across platforms. In the context of this Fedayeen ecosystem [there could be other ecosystems], the group has mirror accounts across Telegram, WhatsApp, Facebook, Upscrolled and TikTok. Not every account on every platform has a mirror account on the other platforms. For example, the group has an account on Upscrolled which has the same name and profile picture as well as similar content on WhatsApp, TikTok, Telegram and Facebook, this is what a mirror account means in this context. The use of mirror accounts highlight that the group has a semi-structured ecosystem where it employs the mirror strategy so that they can have backup accounts on various platforms in case of takedowns by the platforms for violation of the terms of service. We have anonymised the names of the social media groups, pages, accounts and channels as much as possible. In some cases we have left the names, because they point to the motives behind that specific social media entity. We posit that the group has a Central Command from where all the accounts in this article are managed.
YouTube
The group's YouTube page hosts the least amount of content of all the identified platforms. The channel currently has 1 subscriber and 203 views and has the smallest following out of all the platforms. The account was created on 14 August 2025. Though ample time has passed for the group to have created and posted a similar amount of video content to the other platforms, their YouTube channel has a strikingly low amount of content. If some of their content was removed by YouTube, this is not visible on the channel. It is possible the group is simply using YouTube as a backup option for their other channels or that they have found other platforms to be more effective at reaching its target audience and getting engagement.
- Video 1: Perpetuates the genocide narrative
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The first video on this page perpetuates the narrative that genocide is being committed by Israel in Gaza.
Contrary to popular belief, no final ruling or judgement has been made in the case yet by the ICJ and the case is currently in the phase where
written pleadings (Memorials) are being filed by both sides. South Africa already filed its Memorial, which Israel has considered and now filed its
counter-memorial (written response) to the ICJ on 12 March 2026. The next step is for South Africa to consider Israel's response and then to decide if they want to submit further written replies or if they want to proceed to oral arguments. South Africa's
press-release about the counter-memorial is available.
- Video 2: Distorts Events of the Hebron Massacre
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| The video uses what appears to be real historical footage from the massacre in order to convince the viewers that the information contained within is accurate. |
This video, titled "What do you know about the Buraq Revolution?", reframes what happened during the 1929 Hebron Massacre, an event within the broader 1929 Palestine riots, known in Arabic as the Buraq Revolution/Uprising. The Massacre was the result of
propaganda that Jews sought to seize the al- Aqsa Mosque. In 1929, the area was under British occupation.
According to
Human Rights Watch (HRW), "on August 23 1929, amid anti-Jewish riots in much of Palestine, sixty-seven Jewish residents of Hebron were brutally murdered by Palestinian Arabs, with some of the victims being raped, tortured, or mutilated. Other Palestinian Arabs sheltered their Jewish neighbours; today the Zionist Archives preserve a list of 435 Jews who found a safe haven in twenty-eight Palestinian Arab homes in Hebron during the carnage."
While the HRW article simply states that "Jewish residents left Hebron in the years following the 1929 massacre", the World Jewish Congress emphasises the true aftermath of the Massacre, stating that "The massacre marked the end of the Hebron Jewish community’s continuous presence in the city. While a few Jews returned to Hebron two years later, they were eventually evacuated by British authorities, who did not want to risk the outbreak of another massacre. Jews would eventually return to live in Hebron after the Six-Day War, but the dynamic coexistence that had prevailed up until 1929 would never be restored."
Keeping this context in mind, the video documents the events of the Hebron Massacre, but leaves out the fact that the violence by Arabs against Jews on 23 August 1929 broke out because of anti-Jewish propaganda. The video's framing of the Massacre is that "the Jews tried to declare their right to access the wall (this refers to the Jewish Holy Site also called the Wailing Wall), [and] the Palestinians rose up to defend al-Aqsa Mosque the following day". The video then states that "the Muslims then went out in a massive demonstration at the Wall after which violent clashes erupted and the confrontations continued for more than two weeks". According to the video, the "British occupation ended the revolution using military force and imposing heavy fines on cities and villages in which more than 900 Palestinians participated". The video states that the British occupation forces executed three Muslims for their participation in the events and that "the revolution resulted in the killing of 133 Jews and the wounding of more than 300 others, while 116 Palestinians were martyred and more than 200 Palestinians were wounded."
The video ends with a sentence that echoes Jihadist motivations for suicide attacks, "Revolutionaries do not die, but are immortalised by history".
This video is used to demonise Jewish people, framing them as wanting to take over the mosque, a narrative which fits in well with motivating terrorism against Israel and Jewish people.
- Video 3: Negotiations with Israel
The video, published in August 2025, uses conflicts from the past and then-present to illustrate their statement that "there is not a single example in history of a people who laid down their arms and survived". This short video uses examples like the US Withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Vietnam War, and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine War to illustrate that terrorists in Gaza cannot and should not lay down their arms. This is not very notable in this author's opinion, because it is abundantly clear from even just Hamas's charter alone (not to mention those of Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad etc.) that they will never stop fighting to completely destroy Israel.
- Video 4: Anniversary of the al-Aqsa Mosque Fire
This video commemorates the 56th anniversary of the 21 August 1969 attack on the al-Aqsa Mosque, by Australian citizen Denis Michael Rohan. The Israeli court that heard his case after he was caught and immediately confessed to the attack, ruled that Rohan was not punishable for the attack because he had
acted under an uncontrollable pathological impulse.
World History Edu provides important contextualising facts about the attacker:
The Fedayeen video asks "How can we transform the memory of the fire into action and support for al-Aqsa?". Al-Aqsa Flood was the name of the terrorist attack by Hamas carried out on 7 October 2023, also called October 7 or the October 7 Attacks/Massacre. For the benefit of unaware readers, this was an attack carried out by Gazan terrorist groups (Hamas, Hezbollah etc) and civilians that resulted in the highest number of Jewish deaths in a single day since the Holocaust. Roughly 1200 Israelis and foreigners were murdered and around 251 people (both dead and alive, majority Israeli and a minority of non-Israelis) were abducted into Gaza. During the attack, the attackers also raped and sexually assaulted victims before killing them.
The video therefore appears to be a call to action by the Fedayeen for viewers to carry out attacks against the same targets, using the same tactics as during the October 7 attack "in defence of" the al-Aqsa Mosque which represents Islam.
- Video 5: Fedayeen Introduction Video
The final video on their channel at the time of writing is a 20-second video introducing the group and calling to people to join them. It shows their name flashing across the screen a number of times as a hadith plays in the background containing the words "I am a martyr for my land, land of my ancestors.....I am your sacrifice, my people, people of eternity". The video thus highlights one of their main tactics, the use of suicide attacks, which is also a feature of content on some of their other social media pages.
Telegram
The group's Linkbio page shows 14 Telegram channels at the time of writing. This section briefly describes the content on each account. A notable feature here is that some of these accounts have corresponding/mirror WhatsApp and Facebook accounts.
Channel 1
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| Channel logo: the map of Israel "taken over" by Palestine |
- Videos of Hamas attacks and threats against Jews and Israel
- Glorifies and celebrates October 7th.
- Posts from Al-Jazeera Media Network, funded and owned by Qatar.
Channel 2
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| Channel Logo: Appears to be an al-Quds Brigades Terrorist |
- Al-Quds Brigades-supportive channel. The Al-Quds Brigade is the armed wing of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), the second-biggest terrorist group in Gaza after Hamas.
- Images of al-Quds members fondly and gently holding children, both boys and girls, in their arms. It is unclear whether these children are the children of the fighters holding them. There are also images of very young children in a class being taught by an al-Quds member in an underground tunnel.
- Posters depicting the killing of Jews and Israelis.
- Images of the group's arsenal and their members praying.
Channel 3
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| This Telegram group has the image of a doctor as its profile picture, likely to put content moderators off the trail. |
- Images of attacks against Israel by groups including Hamas and PIJ.
- Messaging calling for attacks against Israeli embassies and institutions abroad alongside calls for funding for the group and general support.
- Posts glorifying Yahya Sinwar, the now-deceased leader of Hamas in Gaza and architect of the October 7 attacks.
- Link to Hamas's official website.
4. Channel 4
- Hamas-supportive channel.
- Calls for attacks in the West Bank targeting Israelis.
- Contains the link to the group's Linkbio page.
- Quotes from Hamas leadership including the deceased Abdul Aziz al-Rantisi, co-founder of Hamas.
- Calls on supporters to join the cyber Jihad by creating social media accounts that spread content from Palestinian terrorist groups including Hamas.
5. Channel Five
- Calls for attacks against Israel and Jewish people.
- Reposts propaganda from other groups mainly Hamas and PIJ.
- Glorification of October 7.
6. Channel 6
- Though we were unable to access the content in this channel, its name is Fedayeen Indonesia, consistent with the group's Instagram profile (see the Instagram section for more detail).
7. Channel 7
- Hamas-supportive account.
- Reposts directly from Hamas channels.
- Glorifies Sinwar who was mentioned above.
8. Channel 8
- Channel description reads that it "documents the actions of the Fedayeen with words and pictures, and conveys the reality of the field and the messages of steadfastness as they are, without falsification".
- Calls for people to join their cyber Jihad.
9. Channel 9
- Channel dedicated to "breaking news and photos as they happen" of terrorist attacks in Gaza.
- Shares official Hamas content and channels.
- Pushes the narrative that terrorist prisoners held by Israel should be freed.
- Has mirror channels on WhatsApp, Facebook, YouTube, Telegram, TikTok and X.
10. Channel 10
- Hamas-supportive channel.
- Similar content to the above account.
11. Channel 11
- Other than sharing typical Fedayeen content as described in this article, this account also advertises another Telegram channel that shows support for Al-Sharaa's Syria. See the Pinterest section for details on al-Sharaa.
12. Channel 12
- Usual Fedayeen content including calls for attacks in the West Bank.
13. Channel 13
- Channel dedicated to "Fedayeen Operations" in Palestine".
- Calls for murder and attacks against Israeli settlers.
- Usual Fedayeen content.
WhatsApp
The group's Linkbio page shows twelve WhatsApp group invites. At the time of this article, we could not access the content of the groups, but we provide as much information as possible nonetheless.
Group 1
- This group's name is Al-Taifah Al-Mansoura (The Victorious Sect/Group), which possibly refers to Jaish al-Ta'ifa al-Mansurah, a Jihadist terrorist group in Iraq.
Group 2
- This group is named "Operations of the Fedayeen" and its logo shows weaponry in front of the al-Aqsa Mosque Compound in Jerusalem. The Arabic at the top is from the Quran, reading "And kill them wherever you find them and expel them from wherever they expelled you", often used in Jihadist propaganda.
Group 3
- The group's name is The Official Gaza Channel and the logo is a picture of the Earth.
Group 4
- Mirror account of Telegram Account 9, assume the same content.
Group 5
- Mirror account of the Syrian channel shared in Telegram Account 11, assume the same content.
Group 6
- Mirror group of Telegram Account 10, assume the same content.
Group 7
- This group is highly noteworthy, because it can be joined without the invite link, whereas all the other WhatsApp groups in this section require users to join using the invite link in order to view the content. When WhatsApp groups can only be joined via the invite link, this makes them more secure and allows the admins to regulate who joins the group.
Group 8
- The name of this group reads "Fedayi Newspaper". This is not the same account as the one above, despite them having the same profile picture.
Group 9
- This group appears to be called "I am a doctor", reminiscent of the Telegram group that had a profile picture of a doctor.
Group 10
- This group is called "Palestinian freedom fighter", using the common narrative that terrorists in Gaza are "freedom fighters".
Group 11
- This group is called Palestine Fedayeen Network and shows the map of Israel in red.
Group 12
- This group has the same name as the group above and a similar logo.
Facebook
The group has Facebook profiles that correspond to the above-mentioned Telegram and/or WhatsApp accounts.
Account 1
- Corresponds to Telegram account 11.
Account 2
- This is a public group (as opposed to an individual account) where anyone can join the discussion which includes glorifying Ahmad al-Sharaa, the narrative of freeing Palestinian terrorists from Israeli jails, and pro-Hamas content, to be brief.
Account 3
- Corresponds to Telegram Account 4.
Account 4
- Corresponds to the group's Instagram Account.
Account 5
- This is another public group with content similar to that in Account 2.
Account 6
- Corresponds to Telegram Account 11. It also shows a phone number and gmail email address for the group. The phone number contains the international dialling code for Syria.
Upscrolled
Upscrolled states on its website that it is a "social media platform designed to empower users worldwide — a space to freely express thoughts, share moments, and connect with others. We built it because people are asking for more transparency, authenticity, and trust in the platforms they use every day."
Upscrolled was founded by the Jordanian-born Australian resident, Issam Hijazi. There is abundant evidence that Upscrolled is a breeding ground for anti-Semitism, neo-Nazi rhetoric and Jihadist terrorism. Unfortunately, a full analysis on Upscrolled and Hijazi is outside the scope of this report.
The Upscrolled interface appears similar to Instagram with users posting mainly video and imagery content. This is ideal for terrorist propaganda because videos and pictures capture and hold audience attention for longer than pure text tends to.
Account 1
- Mirror account of Telegram Channel 11.
Accounts 2 and 3
These accounts are mirrors of the group's Pinterest page.
TikTok
The group has at least four accounts on TikTok, a platform popular with children and known for its very weak content moderation.
Account 1
This account contains a wide variety of content painting the Fedayeen as innocent victims of Israeli aggression.
The account shows what the group describes as "Fedayeen attacks" targeting Israeli forces, and glorifies terrorism and the killing of Israelis alongside the destruction of the State of Israel. They continuously use the word "resistance" to present themselves as self-defence forces against Israeli "aggression" despite their stated aim on all the social media accounts in this article being the destruction of Israel and the killing of Jewish people. Additionally, the page contains numerous posts that push the narrative that Israel is suffering economically as a result of the war and that its soldiers are weak for suffering from injuries and mental health issues as a result of their deployment to Gaza. This is very clearly propaganda made to convince readers that Israel is losing the war and that it is weak.
The account also alleges that the group has operations in the West Bank.
The following map shows Gaza and the West Bank. Map source: https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/20958.htm.
- Perhaps the most notable post on this account, in this author's opinion, is a video showing highlights of what the group calls "Fedayeen attacks" on Israeli forces in the Gaza strip from 6-7 October 2025. Videos and images showing Fedayeen attacks are very rare, because they have to keep up their facade of being "resistance" fighters which implies acting only in defence and not in offence. Their goal is to convince readers that Israel is the only evil in the conflict and that Palestinian terrorist groups are beyond scrutiny.
- This account glorifies the killing of Israelis and the destruction of the State of Israel. It contains numerous posters with photos of Israeli soldiers who were killed during counterterrorism operations in Gaza alongside pictures of the victims. Some of the captions of the posts are as follows:
"Our gun promises...And our resilience is a path...And our victory is right. Resistance continues."
"When the occupation soldiers hide behind tanks, they know that the resistance cubs are truer than their might. Resistance continues." (The use of the word "cubs" in this sentence is notable, because Islamic State calls their child soldiers "cubs".)
"The occupation army announces the killing of soldier "[redacted for respect towards the victim and his family]" after he was wounded during the heroic commando trampling operation, at the Jet junction east of Qalqilya in the West Bank, yesterday, which was carried out by the heroic guerrilla martyr Mahmoud Hassan Al-Akkad from Nablus."
- The account also shows posters that emphasise the group's ideology of eliminating the State of Israel.
- The account contains an AI generated video showing the narrative that settlers are leaving Palestine since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to power. This is part of the broader narrative of this page to convince its audience that Israel is suffering economically as a result of the war. For example, they also have AI videos of Israel losing money and soldiers suffering from PTSD in order to paint Israel as weak. These narratives are highly appealing to readers who are already conditioned by international media to believe that Israel is irresponsible and heartless with the way that it treats its soldiers, media that is countered effectively by Israel's policy of leaving no-one behind in a war zone and always bringing victims home. Israel's communications are also effective in countering the narrative of them being weak, by strongly illustrating their military power across social media platforms.
- The account regularly posts about the humanitarian situation in Gaza, depicting the suffering of mostly women and children.
- There are some posts about the "brotherly" bond between Lebanon and Gaza where the group frames the Lebanese people as being united with those of Gaza through the shared experience of being "victims" of Israeli and U.S. "aggression".
Accounts 2, 3 and 4
Account 2 appears to have been removed while accounts 3 and 4 contain similar content to Account 1.
Pinterest
The group has a Pinterest account containing links to the group's Instagram and Linkbio pages and part of the account's bio reads "The Revolution of Conquest and Liberation of Jerusalem", referring to the destruction of Israel.
The account has the below profile picture showing Jihadist terrorists and fighters. Pinterest has a surprisingly large body of terrorist-supportive content from multiple different terrorist groups. This highlights the value of open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis because it shows that even the most unlikely or unsuspecting platforms that are accessible to anyone and which are located on the surface web can provide strategic and valuable insight into the propaganda world of terrorist entities.
Notable content includes:
- A poster reading: "How can Abu Ubaida be mentioned in history without the title of martyr and the medal of martyrdom in the cause of God?"
Abu Ubaida was the spokesperson of Hamas's military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, and was eliminated in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza on 30 August 2025.
- An image with a caption reading "38 years of jihad and preparation, the path continues". The text on the poster reads "Hamas 38. If its green branch bends, 70 hands from one of us will raise it." This poster is another example of the group's explicit support for Hamas.
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An AI generated video, depicting the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
- Posters glorifying Ahmad al-Sharaa, the self-imposed current president of Syria who ousted Bashar al-Assad. The posters depict him in Western clothes with a short beard. This is an accurate depiction of al-Sharaa's current public image, which he has completely re-imagined to appeal to and appease Western governments.
al-Sharaa used to go by the name Muhammad al-Jawlani/Abu Mohammad al-Jolani, amongst others, and was a wanted terrorist for his role as the leader of Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS), al-Qaeda's branch in Syria.
It is indeed one of the most bizarre events in recent times that Jawlani is free to do as he pleases in Syria, considering his history as a terrorist. Not only that, but he is seemingly being welcomed with open arms by Western leaders, who have been duped by his change in appearance and rhetoric that he is now reformed. It is noted, for example, that a famous documentary filmmaker, Alan Duncan, has evidence from a Yazidi surviver of Islamic State slavery in Syria, that Jawlani met twice with the ISIS emir who owned her and who herself cautions very strongly against trusting Jawlani. Despite widespread killing by armed groups in Syria after the takeover of the country by Jawlani including ex-HTS units like the elite Unit 400 fighting force and the Othman Brigade, the posters from this Fedayeen Pinterest account attempt to frame Jawlani as a moderate Muslim who freed Syria from all its problems.
Instagram
The group has an Instagram account without any posts or followers yet. The account was created in January 2026 and is allegedly based in Indonesia, consistent with the Telegram account called Fedayeen Indonesia. However, since Instagram automatically determines where the account is based through the IP address of the user setting it up, users can manipulate the location though use of a VPN (Virtual Private Network) which masks their real location. If the account is indeed located in Indonesia, this would mean the group has a member in Indonesia running this account and perhaps the Telegram one too.
Indonesia is a known staging ground for groups like Al-Qaeda and Islamic State, meaning it is not unreasonable to suspect Fedayeen to have media operatives located there. This highlights the continued and well-known threat to countries other than Israel from Palestinian terrorist groups. South Africa is also a staging ground for Palestinian and other terrorist groups, and Hamas openly has an official representative in South Africa, Emad Saber, who defended the October 7 attacks (7 Oct 2023).
X
The group lists only one X account on its LinkBio page, but three more were manually located.
Account 1
The group's X account has a profile picture with the words Palestine Fedayeen Network at the top and an image of the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem. The image also appears to have a green flag showing the Shahada. Both this declaration and green flags are often used by Islamist extremist terrorist groups.
The X page has 68 followers ad follows 97 accounts at the time of writing. The account shares a lot of content from other pages. A large number of the pages it follows contain Islamist extremist content.
Recent posts from this X page include:
- A post that reads: Safety in Syria is everyone's responsibility: Participate in preserving safety with your awareness and by supporting your family and community with all your strength. Syria is for everyone — let's all protect it together, hand in hand, soldiers and people; it is the frontier of Islam and Muslims...Strong Syria..
- A post that reads: Tripoli (the city in Lebanon, not Libya) deserves to celebrate the freedom of detainees from Lebanese prisons.
- A post that reads: The West Bank and Jerusalem are facing a dangerous phase of total violation, where people, land, and holy sites are being targeted under a settlement project that seeks to impose a fait accompli by force.
The narratives on the page cover a very large range of themes such as alleged "settler violence" in the West Bank, freeing Palestinian and Lebanese terrorists from Lebanese prisons, and framing Syria as a theatre of operations for Palestinian-supportive terrorist groups. The page appears to be used as a mouthpiece for sharing anti-Israel terrorist-supportive narratives.
Accounts 2, 3 and 4
These accounts have all been suspended by X.
ChirpWire
The group is also present on ChirpWire, but falls outside the scope of this report, because this platform has no content moderation.
Conclusion
The Fedayeen have a sprawling online presence across multiple platforms. The content is highly consistent between different platforms and the presence of mirror accounts is notable. It is likely that there is a team of people behind the management of the large ecosystem, controlled by a central authority which ensures consistency across the various groups, pages and channels.
The possible presence of group members in Indonesia stands out.
This ecosystem is highly sophisticated, ideal for online recruitment and radicalisation. The group's robust online infrastructure ensures posterity for their online operations, because even if one page/channel/group is removed, there are still multiple other platforms that can act as backups. This ecosystem highlights the challenges of online content moderation, especially when groups have such a sprawling presence as this one.
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