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Article: ISRAEL: AHMED YASSIN DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR DOZENS OF ATTACKS.(Brief Article)
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- IPR Strategic Business Information Database
- Article date:
- March 23, 2004
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(IDF Spokesperson March 22, 2004). Ahmed Yassin, head of Hamas terrorist organization, was killed this morning (Monday) in IAF attack in the northern Gaza Strip, during security forces activity. Yassin was directly responsible for dozens of attacks that claimed the lives of Israeli civilians, foreign citizens, and security personnel. Yassin, founder of the Gaza-based Hamas terrorist organization, was imprisoned in Israel twice: in 1984 and 1989. In 1989, Yassin was sentenced for life, on account of involvement in the murder of IDF soldiers, Avi Sasportas and Ilan Sadon, and possession of weapons. Once released prison in 1997, as part of an agreement signed with Jordan ...