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Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin (Arabic: الشيخ أحمد إسماعيل حسن ياسين; June 1936 – 22 March 2004) was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas, a militant Islamist and Palestinian nationalist organization in the Gaza Strip, in 1987. Yassin was born in Ashkelon, in Mandatory Palestine in 1929 or 1936.
On 22 March 2004, the Palestinian leader and one of the founders of the Hamas militant organization, Ahmed Yassin, 67, was assassinated in Gaza City. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was returning from performing the Fajr prayer, [1] and his companions were also killed immediately. [2] His assassination caused a state of anger and Palestinian factions vowed ...
On March 22 2004 Israel assassinated the spiritual leader of Hamas, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Palestinians carry the coffin of Hamas leader Sheikh Yassin during his funeral in the Gaza Strip. Israeli ...
May 6, 2004 · Yassin was born in 1938 in what was then the British mandate of Palestine. His family became refugees in Gaza during the violence that followed Israel's creation in 1948. Targeted last year
Mar 22, 2004 · Yassin was born in what is today the coastal Israeli city of Ashkelon. His Palestinian passport listed his date of birth as January 1, 1929, but Yassin claimed he was born in 1938 in what was then ...
May 6, 2004 · Tens of thousands of mourners jammed the streets of Gaza City on Monday in a funeral procession for Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, who was killed earlier in the day in a targeted Israeli attack.
Mar 24, 2004 · Shaikh Ahmad Yasin was born in 1936 in al-Jura, a Palestinian village that no longer exists. Shaikh Ahmad Yasin was killed on 22 March 2004. Published On 24 Mar 200424 Mar 2004. His birthplace was ...
