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Hamas chief killed in Israeli attack
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-03-22 14:06


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]


 
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