Palestinian National Guard

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الحرس الوطني الفلسطيني
Palestinian National Guard
Palestine National Guard emblem.png
Active 1967–present
Country Palestine flag.png Palestine
Allegiance President of Palestine
Commander Ibrahim Rudeis
Type National militia
Size 159,000
Headquarters Ramallah Garrison

The Palestinian National Guard (Arabic: الحرس الوطني الفلسطيني al-ḥaras al-waṭanī al-falasṭīnī) is a unified command of state-sponsored militias known as the Popular Mobilisation Corps, as well as partisan pro-government militias like the Ba'athist El-Saeqa. It functions as a parallel hierarchy to the Palestinian Armed Forces outside the jurisdiction of the Minister of Defence, directly answerable to the President of Palestine in his capacity as commander-in-chief.

The Palestinian National Guard plays a leading role in combatting the Zionist insurgents as part of the ongoing civil conflict in the country, responsible for securing their own communities from armed groups and supporting the operations of the regular Palestinian Armed Forces when relevant to their locality.