Hamas founder Yassin killed
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-03-22 12:46

Palestinians demonstrate at the Yarmouk refugee camp near Damascus March 22, 2004, to protest against the killing of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. Yassin was assassinated by Israeli forces early on Monday outside a Gaza mosque. [Reuters] Thousands of Jordanians hold posters of Hamas Leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin shouting anti-Israeli slogans during a protest in Amman March 22, 2004. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was assassinated by Israeli forces early on Monday outside a Gaza mosque. [Reuters] Palestinian Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin 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; mosque loudspeakers announced he was killed. [AP] Palestinians hold the remains of the wheel of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's chair after he was killed in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Abed Yassin, son of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, lies wounded in hospital after Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at his father in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Hamas supporters help a wounded Palestinian after Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] A Palestinian man inspects the site where Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin is killed in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Hamas supporters carry the dead body of a Palestinian after Israeli helicopter gunships fired missiles at Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Palestinians inspect the spot where Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was killed in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Hamas supporters gather outside the morgue where lies the body of Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Shifa hospital in Gaza City March 22, 2004. [Reuters] Palestinians inspect the site where Hamas' spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin killed in Gaza City March 22, 2004.