Ahmed Yassin
Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin (; June 1936 – 22 March 2004) was a Palestinian politician and imam who founded Hamas in 1987. 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. His family fled or were expelled during the 1948 Palestine War to Gaza City. Yassin, a quadriplegic who was nearly blind, had been reliant on a wheelchair due to a sporting accident at the age of 12.
After its founding, he served as the spiritual leader of Hamas, a Sunni Islamist group. The Israeli government held him responsible for the killing of several Israeli civilians. In 2004, he was killed when an Israeli helicopter gunship fired a missile at him as he was being wheeled from Fajr prayer in Gaza City. The attack, which also killed both of his bodyguards and nine bystanders, was internationally condemned. His funeral procession was attended by 200,000 people in Gaza. Provided by Wikipedia
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1by Andy Ramsay, Mohammed Ahmed Yassin, Alexis Cambanis, Susumu Hirao, Ahmad Almotawa, Mohamed Gammo, Lovett Lawson, Izabel Arbide, Nasher Al-Aghbari, Najla Al-Sonboli, Jeevan Bahadur Sherchand, Punita Gauchan, Luis Eduardo CuevasGet access
Published in Journal of Tropical Medicine (2009)
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2by Demisu Zenbaba, Biniyam Sahiledengle, Abulie Takele, Yohannes Tekalegn, Ahmed Yassin, Birhanu Tura, Adem Abdulkadir, Edao Tesa, Alelign Tasew, Gemechu Ganfure, Genet Fikadu, Kenbon Seyoum, Mohammedawel Abduku, Tesfaye Assefa, Garoma Morka, Makida Kemal, Adisu Gemechu, Kebebe Bekele, Abdi Tessema, Safi Haji, Gebisa Haile, Alemu Girma, Mohammedaman Mama, Asfaw Negero, Eshetu Nigussie, Habtamu Gezahegn, Daniel Atlaw, Tadele Regasa, Heyder Usman, Adem EsmaelGet access
Published in Tropical Medicine and Health (2021)
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