Ahmed Yassin

Founder and spiritual leader of Hamas · 1936, al-Jura (Mandatory Palestine) – 22 March 2004 — killed in an Israeli airstrike while leaving a mosque after dawn prayers · Gaza
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Sheikh Ahmed Yassin founded Hamas in 1987 and served as its spiritual leader until his assassination by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza in March 2004. Paralysed from a childhood sporting accident, he led the organisation from a wheelchair for decades.

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