The al-Nasser Salah al-Deen Brigades (Arabic: ألوية الناصر صلاح الدين‎‎) is the military wing of the Popular Resistance Committees, a set of various Palestinian militant organizations which operate in the Gaza Strip. These brigades participated in the Operation Dispersive Illusion (Arabic: الوهم المتبدد‎‎), which resulted in the capture of the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. The group is also known for blowing up the Merkava tank, the main battle tank of the Israel Defense Forces. The brigades fought during the Gaza War from December 2008 to January 2009.