Palestinian
Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin at his home in Gaza City,
in this March 9, 2004 file photo. Israeli helicopters fired missiles
at Yassin's car as it left his house for a mosque at daybreak Monday, March
22, 2004, residents said; mosque loudspeakers announced he was killed.
[AP]
Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, spiritual leader of the
Islamic militant group Hamas, is seen at Palestine Hall in Gaza City
Friday, August 21, 1998. Yassin, the founder and leader of the Hamas
militant group, was killed by missiles fired from Israeli helicopters as
he left a mosque at daybreak Monday, March 22, 2004, witnesses said. Hamas
confirmed the death in an announcement broadcast over mosque
loudspeakers. [AP]
The spiritual leader of the Palestinian
Islamic group Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (C) is helped by his aides
and bodyguards as he takes part in a mass rally in Jabaliya refugee camp
in the northern Gaza Strip February 14, 2003. [AP]
Palestinians carry a dead body into an ambulance.
[Reuters]
Palestinians gather around to look at the
scene where an Israeli air strike killed Hamas spiritual leader Sheik
Ahmed Yassin, near his house in Gaza City, Monday, March 22, 2004.
[Reuters] |