Ahmed Yassin
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Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas, an Islamist political and military organization. He also served as the first chairman of the Hamas Shura Coun
Yassin in 1990
Yassin at Israeli military court in 1990
Yassin meeting with Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran (1998)
Killing of Ahmed Yassin
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On 22 March 2004, the Palestinian leader and one of the founders of Hamas, Ahmed Yassin, aged 67, was assassinated in Gaza City. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin – who used a wheelchair due to being quadriplegic s
Ahmed Yassin
…organization. He also served as the first chairman of the Hamas Shura Council and de facto leader of Hamas since its inception from December 1987 until his assassination in March 2004. Yassin was born in Ashkelon, in Mandatory Palestine in 1929 or 1936/1937. His family fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestine War…
Photo of Yassin (left) placed in a gate at Shatila refugee camp in honor of Yassin.