Hamas founder killed
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-03-22 12:46

Palestinian Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin laughs 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, and mosque loudspeakers said he was killed. [AP] Palestinians hold the remains of the wheel chair of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin after he was killed in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Abed Yassin, the son of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, lies wounded in the hospital after Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at his father in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Hamas supporters help a wounded Palestinian after Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City March 22,2004. [Reuters] A Palestinian man inspects the site where Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin is killed in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Hamas supporters carry a dead body of a Palestinian after Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Palestinians inspect the spot where Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Hamas supporters gather outside the morgue where the body of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin lies in Shifa hospital in Gaza City March 22,2004. [Reuters] Palestinians inspect the site where Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin killed in Gaza City March 22, 2004.