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Suicide

Palestine · Politics / Hamas. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

5Records
1997–2004Date range
3Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1997

Ahmed Yassin1997

Politics / Hamas

Resumes his calls for attacks on Israel, using tactics including suicide bombings, thus violating the condition of his release

1999

Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin1999

Politics / Hamas

Yassin resumes his leadership of Hama, he immediately resumes his calls for attacks on Israel, using tactics including suicide bombings, thus violating the condition of his release. Yassin is released by Israel in exchange for two Mossad agents who had been arrested by Jordanian authorities on the condition that he refrain from continuing to call for suicide bombings against Israel

2004

Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin14 January 2004

Erez · Politics / Hamas

Reem Raiyshis suicide bombing at the Erez crossing on 14 January 2004, which killed four civilians, was believed by the Israeli military to have been directly ordered by Yassin

Reem Raiyshi14 January 2004

Erez · Politics / Hamas

Reem Raiyshis suicide bombing at the Erez crossing on 14 January 2004, which killed four civilians, was believed by the Israeli military to have been directly ordered by Yassin

Ahmed Yassin14 January 2004

Erez · Politics / Hamas

After a womans suicide bombing at the Erez crossing, in which Reem Raiyshi detonates herself, Yassin expressed his satisfaction with the execution of the attack

Names involved

Ahmed Ismail Hassan YassinAhmed YassinReem Raiyshi

Provenance

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