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Oct 10, 2023 · Ahmed Yassin is an unlikely leader. Twisted awkwardly in a rusting wheelchair, his tiny body racked by a fit of coughing, he explains quietly why, in the name of Islam, the Palestinians must...
Jan 1, 2024 · Profile: Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, founder of Hamas. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin grew up as a refugee in Gaza after he was driven out of Al-Jaura, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948 by Zionist...
Mar 24, 2010 · Sheikh Yassin survived an assassination attempt on September 6, 2003 when Israeli F-16s fired missiles on a building in Gaza City. He was lightly injured in his right arm. At that time, the Hamas leader had told the media that "days will prove that the assassination policy will not finish Hamas.
Ahmed Yassin's Palestinian passport listed his date of birth as January 1, 1929, but Palestinian sources listed his birth year as 1937 (other Western media reported it as 1938). He was born in Ashkelon. He was a refugee in Gaza after 1948 and worked as teacher, preacher, and community worker. At age 12, Yassin was paralyzed in a sporting ...
Mar 22, 2004 · Hamas founder and spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed in an Israeli helicopter missile strike outside a Gaza City mosque Monday, prompting threats of revenge by Palestinian...
Oct 13, 2023 · Hamas, an acronym for Harakat al-Muqawama al-Islamiya (“Islamic Resistance Movement”), was founded by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, a Palestinian cleric who became an activist in local branches of the...
Dec 21, 2023 · Ahmed Yassin, who was partially blind and confined to a wheelchair, founded Hamas, an acronym for Islamic Resistance Movement. His most eager student was Sinwar, a young man in his mid-20s who...
