Military Strength of Palestinian Factions (May 2007)

Palestinian Authority (Pre-Hamas Takeover of Gaza)

Group	Base of Operations	Approximate Fighters
Public Security (controlled by Fatah) *	Gaza & West Bank	15,000
Preventive Security (controlled by Fatah) *	Gaza & West Bank	4,000
Civil Police (controlled by Fatah) *	Gaza & West Bank	11,000
General Intelligence (controlled by Fatah)*	Gaza & West Bank	5,000
Presidential Security (controlled by Fatah)*	Gaza & West Bank	5,000
Military Intelligence, Navy Police, Force 17 (controlled by Fatah)*	Gaza & West Bank	30,000
Operations Force (controlled by Hamas)*	Gaza & West Bank	5,000
Other Forces	Gaza & West Bank	1,500
Total		76,500

Pro-PLO Factions

Palestinian National Liberation Army/Al Fatah	Algeria, Egypt, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya, Jordan, Sudan, Syria, Yemen	5,000-8,000
Fatah Tanzim/Al Aqsa Brigades	Gaza & West Bank	Uncertain
Palestine Liberation Front (PLF)	Iraq	300-400
Arab Liberation Front (ALF)	Lebanon, Iraq	300-400
Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine (DFLP)	Syria, Lebanon	400-600
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP)	Syria, Lebanon, Gaza & West Bank	800
Palestine Popular Struggle Front (PSF)	Syria	600-700

Anti-PLO
Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ)	Gaza & West Bank	350
Hamas	Gaza & West Bank	300
As-Saiqa	Syria	600-1,000
Fatah Revolutionary Council/Abu Nidal Organization	Lebanon, Syria, Iraq	400
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - General Command (PFLP-GC)	Syria, Lebanon	600
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine - Special Command (PFLP-SC)		50-100
Palestine Liberation Army (PLA)	Syria	4,500
Fatah Intifada	Syria, Lebanon	400-1,000

Sources: Anthony H. Cordesman, "Escalating to Nowhere: The Israeli-Palestinian War — The Actors in the Conflict: The Palestinian Factions That Challenge Peace and the Palestinian Authority," (DC: CSIS, September 12, 2003), p. 35

* Data from a table prepared by Danny Rubenstein and Reuters (published in Haaretz Hebrew edition, May 16, 2007)