Sheikh Ahmed Yassin ... Rantisi had taken the helm after Yassin’s assassination that March. Formerly a pediatrician, Rantisi was known for his lack of compromise with Israel and could mobilize ...

The killing of Hamas founder Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 2004 resulted in the ascension ... and moved the group closer to Iran." After multiple assassination attempts, Meshal "remains a senior figure ...

The assassination of the Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin created a rather expected atmosphere of anti-Israeli and anti-American hatred in the Arab world. The interpretations for this act of the ...

He survived an Israeli assassination attempt in Jordan in 1997 and assumed overall Hamas leadership after Israel assassinated co-founders Sheikh Ahmad Yassin and Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi in 2004.

Rantissi was one of the important figures in Hamas. He succeeded the spiritual leader of the group Sheikh Ahmed Yassin after his assassination last month and vowed to give Israel tough time.

There, he quickly ascended within the movement, becoming a protégé of Hamas founder Sheikh ... between Yassin and others despite the leader's severe paralysis. Yassin’s assassination by ...

A Malaysian court has ordered opposition leader and former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin to pay more than US$300,000 to another politician in a defamation case, state media said on Friday ...