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Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi was a Palestinian political leader and co-founder of Hamas, along with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in 1987. He also served as the chairman of the Hamas Shura Council from the assassination of Hamas founder Ahmed Yassin on 22 March 2004 until his own assassination in April 2004 and the first deputy chairman of the Hamas Shura Council from December 1987 until March 2004.
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science · Palestinian political leader (1947–2004) · politician · physician · also Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, Abd Al-Aziz Rantisi, Abd Al-Aziz Al-Rantisi, Abdul-Aziz Rantisi, Abdelaziz Rantisi
Born 23 October 1947 · Died 17 April 2004 · Q307182
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Israel...today struck a mastermind of terrorism, with blood on his hands. As long as the Palestinian Authority does not lift a finger and fight terrorism, Israel will continue to have to do so itself.
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“The British government has made it repeatedly clear that so-called 'targeted assassinations' of this kind are unlawful, unjustified and counter-productive.”
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“Israel...today struck a mastermind of terrorism, with blood on his hands. As long as the Palestinian Authority does not lift a finger and fight terrorism, Israel will continue to have to do so itself.”
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And who was herself assassinated in 2023; they had six children
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Died 2004-04-17.
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Became a popular organizer and a leader whose efforts helped the formation of Hamas
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Four Palestinian civilians of the Jabalya refugee camp were killed in a traffic accident that involved Israeli settlers and soldiers
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Rantisi returned to Gaza to teach parasitology and genetics at the Islamic University
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Returned to Gaza to teach parasitology and genetics at the Islamic University of Gaza
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When he was eight or nine, he witnessed the Khan Yunis massacre, in which Israeli soldiers killed hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip
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When he was nine, Israeli soldiers killed his uncle in front of him in Khan Younis, which he stated had a lifelong impact on him
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Born 1947-10-23.
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