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

Hamas chief killed in Israeli attack
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]

Hamas chief killed in Israeli attack
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]

Hamas chief killed in Israeli attack
The spiritual leader of the Palestinian Islamic group Hamas Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, center, is helped by his aides and bodyguards as he takes part in a mass rally in Jabaliya refugee camp, in the northern Gaza Strip Feb. 14, 2003.  [AP] 

Hamas chief killed in Israeli attack
Palestinians carry a dead into an ambulance. [Reuters]

Hamas chief killed in Israeli attack
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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