Ziyad al-Nakhalah (Arabic: زياد نخالة; April 6, 1953) is a Palestinian Islamic militant, leader of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) since 28 September 2018, which has been designated a terrorist organisation by the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Israel. Al-Nakhalah was designated a Specially Designated Terrorist by the United States in 2014. Al-Nakhalah is said to currently live in either Lebanon or Syria, and he remains the leader of the Gaza-based Islamist group Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ).