Ireland-based exiled Fatah militant Jihad Jara said on a July 6, 2023 show on Awda TV (Palestinian Authority) that Fatah's military wing, the Al-Aqsa martyrs' Brigades, must "return to the fray in full force," becoming a "deterring force, defending all the Palestinians." He continued to say that it was the Palestinian Authority's security agencies who have led the "Intifada"