Ahmed Yassin18 May 1989
Is arrested by Israeli authorities as Hamas expands during the First Intifada.
Palestine · Politics / Hamas. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Is arrested by Israeli authorities as Hamas expands during the First Intifada.
Yassin is released from Israeli prison as part of an arrangement with Jordan following a failed assassination attempt of Khaled Mashal conducted by the Israeli Mossad in Jordan. Resumes his calls for attacks on Israel, using tactics including suicide bombings, thus violating the condition of his release
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