Hamas - Quick timeline. 1984. Arrest of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, condemned to 12 years of prison after the discovery of an arms cache. Yassin is freed the next year. 1987. Creation of Hamas by Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. 1987-1993. First Intifada 1988 Hamas Covenant. 1989. Israel outlaws Hamas and imprisons Sheikh Ahmed Yassin. 1991. Gulf War. 1992. Creati ...

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Hamas, Hamas - Overview, Hamas - Name, Hamas - History, Hamas - Quick timeline, Hamas - Pre 1987 - Palestinian Islamic Activities Prior to the Creation of Hamas, Hamas - 1987 - The Establishment of Hamas, Hamas - 1991 - The Gulf War, Hamas - 2004 - A 10-year Truce, Hamas - 2005 - Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, Hamas - January 2006 - Winning the Legislative Election, Hamas - Beliefs, Hamas - The Covenant of Hamas, Hamas - Activities, Hamas - Legal action against Hamas, Hamas - List of notable Hamas members, Hamas - Endnotes

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Hamas, Hamas - Overview, Hamas - Name, Hamas - History, Hamas - Quick timeline, Hamas - Pre 1987 - Palestinian Islamic Activities Prior to the Creation of Hamas, Hamas - 1987 - The Establishment of Hamas, Hamas - 1991 - The Gulf War, Hamas - 2004 - A 10-year Truce, Hamas - 2005 - Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, Hamas - January 2006 - Winning the Legislative Election, Hamas - Beliefs, Hamas - The Covenant of Hamas, Hamas - Activities, Hamas - Legal action against Hamas, Hamas - List of notable Hamas members, Hamas - Endnotes

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Hamas regards the territory of the present-day State of Israel — as well as the Gaza Strip and the West Bank — as an inalienable Islamic waqf or religious bequest, which can never be surrendered to non-Muslims. It asserts that struggle (jihad) to wrest control of the land from Israel is the religious duty of every Muslim (fard `ain). This position is more radical than that now held by the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), which in 1988 recognized Israel's sovereignty. Hamas does not recognize Israel as a sovereign st ...

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Hamas, Hamas - Overview, Hamas - Name, Hamas - History, Hamas - Quick timeline, Hamas - Pre 1987 - Palestinian Islamic Activities Prior to the Creation of Hamas, Hamas - 1987 - The Establishment of Hamas, Hamas - 1991 - The Gulf War, Hamas - 2004 - A 10-year Truce, Hamas - 2005 - Israel's unilateral disengagement plan, Hamas - January 2006 - Winning the Legislative Election, Hamas - Beliefs, Hamas - The Covenant of Hamas, Hamas - Activities, Hamas - Legal action against Hamas, Hamas - List of notable Hamas members, Hamas - Endnotes

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Hamas was funded directly and indirectly during the 1970s and 1980s by various states including Saudi Arabia. The political/charitable arm of Hamas was officially registered and recognized within Israel at this time: indeed Israel supported and encouraged Hamas' early growth in an effort to undermine the secular Fatah movement of Yasser Arafat. Hamas abstained from politics throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, concentrating on social issues such as exposing corruption, administration of waqf (trusts) and organizing community projects. Towards the mid-80s, however, the movement was taken over by a militant fa ...

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Hamas, Hamas - Background, Hamas - Name, Hamas - Beliefs, Hamas - History, Hamas - Activities, Hamas - Legal action against Hamas, Hamas - List of notable Hamas members

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Dr. Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi (in the Arabic script عبدالعزيز الرنتيسي) (October 23, 1947 - April 17, 2004) was the co-founder of the Palestinian paramilitary organization Hamas. He was considered a terrorist by the United States and the European Union for advocating suicide bombing of civilians. The Israeli government considered him a terrorist for organizing attacks against Israelis, both civilians and soldiers. He was Hamas's political leader and spokesman in the Gaza Strip following the Israeli assassination of Hamas ...

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• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Personal life
• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Origins of Hamas
• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Expulsion and Return
• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Leadership of Hamas spent in Hiding
• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Selected Timeline
• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Death by Missile
• Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Quotes

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Bucky O'Hare was created by comic writer Larry Hama in the late 1970s. It was first published by Continuity Comics in comic book form in the mid-1980s, appearing in the anthology series Echo of Futurepast, with Hama writing and Michael Golden on pencils. The series was later collected into an oversized graphic novel. Hama wrote a second Bucky O'Hare arc, which was never published. The comic book spawned a TV show in 1990, along with a series of action figures. A Bucky O'Hare video game developed by Konami for the Nintend ...

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• Bucky O'Hare - Comic book
• Bucky O'Hare - Cartoon series
• Bucky O'Hare - Episode list
• Bucky O'Hare - Video games
• Bucky O'Hare - Today

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The Cobra Organization (officially called Cobra Command) is the fictional nemesis of the G.I. Joe team, and part of a line of action figures sold by Hasbro, G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. Though the G.I. Joe toys had been produced since the 1960s, Cobra was introduced when the G.I. Joe line was relaunched in the early 1980s. This relaunch was accompanied by a Marvel comic, written by Larry Hama, and an animated television series for children. Comic writer Josh Blaylock once compared them to the Legion of Doom. It must be stres ...

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• Cobra Organization - Prominent Members
• Cobra Organization - Troops
• Cobra Organization - Bases
• Cobra Organization - Mercenaries
• Cobra Organization - Cobra-La

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The Jewish Messiah, (משיח) or Mashiach, or Moshiach, has traditionally referred to a future Jewish king from the Davidic line who will be "anointed" (in Hebrew, mashiach -- משיח ("messiah") means "anointed" with holy olive oil) and inducted to rule the Jewish people. In Standard Hebrew the Messiah is often referred to as מלך המשיח Méleḫ haMašíaḥ (Tiberian Hebrew Méleḵ hamMāšîªḥ), literall ...

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• Jewish Messiah - Views of Maimonides
• Jewish Messiah - Textual requirements
• Jewish Messiah - Present-day positions
• Jewish Messiah - Orthodox Judaism
• Jewish Messiah - Conservative Judaism
• Jewish Messiah - The messiah in Reform and Reconstructionist Judaism
• Jewish Messiah - Judaism and Christianity

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Notable events in the timeline are as follows: Operation Days of Penitence - September 29. Five Palestinians, including Hamas member Tawfik Ali Charafi, are killed during Israeli raids in the Jabalia refugee camp in the Gaza Strip and Nablus in the West Bank. The Israeli government claims the troops entered in response to continued shelling of the Israeli town of Sderot from the Jabalia area, including Qassam rockets launched on September 28. (BBC) (Reuters) (Al Jazeera) (Haaretz) Two Israel ...

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Operation Days of Penitence, Operation Days of Penitence - Events, Operation Days of Penitence - Timeline, Operation Days of Penitence - September 29, Operation Days of Penitence - September 30, Operation Days of Penitence - October 1, Operation Days of Penitence - October 2, Operation Days of Penitence - October 3, Operation Days of Penitence - October 4, Operation Days of Penitence - October 5, Operation Days of Penitence - October 6, Operation Days of Penitence - October 7, Operation Days of Penitence - October 8, Operation Days of Penitence - October 9, Operation Days of Penitence - October 10, Operation Days of Penitence - October 11, Operation Days of Penitence - October 12, Operation Days of Penitence - October 13, Operation Days of Penitence - October 14, Operation Days of Penitence - October 15, Operation Days of Penitence - October 16, Operation Days of Penitence - Casualties, Operation Days of Penitence - Israelis, Operation Days of Penitence - Palestinians

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The al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, a militant faction of Yasser Arafat's Fatah, which claimed by Israel to be funded by the Palestinian Authority, have carried numerous attack in cooperation with Hamas against Israel targets, including attacks targeting civilians. After these attacks, the Brigades and Hamas took joint responsibility. List of joint terrorist and guerrilla attacks The suicide bombing at Erez crossing on January 14, 2003 was followed by an announcement by Hamas and Fatah-aligned Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, ...

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PLO and Hamas, PLO and Hamas - Joint violent attacks, PLO and Hamas - Other alleged links between the Hamas and the PLO

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Born to a Palestinian father and an Egyptian mother in 1945, little is known about al-Zahar's early life. At the age of 26, he graduated from the Cairo University Faculty of Medicine and five years later he got his Masters Degree in General Surgery from Ain Shams University, also in Cairo. He then became the advisor to the Palestinian Health Minister, and helped create the Palestinian Medical society and was one of the primary ...

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Mahmoud al-Zahar, Mahmoud al-Zahar - Pre-Hamas Life, Mahmoud al-Zahar - Family, Mahmoud al-Zahar - In Hamas

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In December 1992, Rantissi was expelled to southern Lebanon, as part of the expulsion of 416 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives, and emerged as the general spokesman of the expellees. Upon his return in 1993, he was arrested, but later released. He was also detained many times over longer periods by the Palestinian Authority, for his criticism of the PA and of Arafat, most recently in mid-1999. Such tactics did not quiet his voice. When Rantissi returned to his public position as "right hand" to Yassin, he remained one of the mai ...

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Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Personal life, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Origins of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Expulsion and Return, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Leadership of Hamas spent in Hiding, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Selected Timeline, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Death by Missile, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Quotes

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In December 1992, Rantissi was expelled to southern Lebanon, as part of the expulsion of 416 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives, and emerged as the general spokesman of the expellees. Upon his return in 1993, he was arrested, but later released. He was also detained many times over longer periods by the Palestinian Authority, for his criticism of the PA and of Arafat, most recently in mid-1999. Such tactics did not quiet his voice. When Rantissi returned to his public position as "right hand" to Yassin, he remained one of the mai ...

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Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Personal life, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Origins of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Expulsion and return, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Leadership of Hamas spent in hiding, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Selected timeline, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Death by missile, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Quotes

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The explosive belt usually consists of several cylinders filled with explosive (de facto pipe bombs), or in more sophisticated versions with plates of explosive. The explosive is surrounded by a fragmentation jacket that produces the shrapnel responsible for most of the bomb's lethality, effectively making the jacket a crude body-worn claymore mine. Once the vest is detonated, the explosion resembles an omnidirectional shotgun blast. The most dangerous and the most widely used shrapnel are steel ball bearings 3-7 mm in diameter. Other shrapn ...

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Explosive belt, Explosive belt - History, Explosive belt - Description

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The ancient settlement of Hama was occupied from the early Neolithic to the Iron Age. It was excavated between 1931-1933 by a Danish team under the direction of H. Ingholt. The stratigraphy is very generalised, which makes detailed comparison to other sites difficult. Level M (6 m thick) contained both white ware, vessels made from lime-plaster and true pottery. It may be contemporary with Ras Shamra VA and B (6000-5000 BC). The overlying level L dates to the Chalcolithic Halaf-period. The Hettite levels are overlain by Aramaic remains which date to the end of the 11th century. At this time, Aramaic tribes seem to have taken o ...

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Hama, Hama - Ancient history, Hama - Modern history

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Explosive belts were introduced by the Tamil Tiger group in Sri Lanka. The first use of one was in 1991 when Thenmuli Rajaratnam, a Tamil bomber, blew herself up and killed Rajiv Gandhi. Today such devices are used mainly by Palestinian militant groups, such as Hamas and Islamic Jihad, against targets in Israel. Organizations in Chechnya and Iraq have also used them in attacks. ...

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Explosive belt, Explosive belt - History, Explosive belt - Description

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Larry Hama is a third-generation American, born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, and raised in Queens. He "played Kodokan Judo as a kid" and later studied Kyudo (Japanese archery) and Iaido (Japanese martial art swordsmanship) [1]. Planning to become a painter, Hama attended Manhattan's High School of Art and Design, where one instructor was former EC Comics artist Bernard Krigstein. Hama sold his first comics work to the fantasy film magazine Castle of Frankenstein when he was 16 years old. After high school, Hama took a job dr ...

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Larry Hama, Larry Hama - Early life and career, Larry Hama - G.I. Joe, Larry Hama - Other works

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Larry Hama is best known as the original writer of the popular 1980s comic book G.I. Joe. According to Hama[citation needed], he was given the by then editor-in-chief Jim Shooter after every other writer at Marvel had turned it down. The comic ran 155 issues, from February 1982 to October 1994. Hama had recently pitched a series, Fury Force,[citation needed] about a daring special mission force. Hama used this concept as the back-story for G.I. Joe. He included military terms an ...

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Larry Hama, Larry Hama - Early life and career, Larry Hama - G.I. Joe, Larry Hama - Other works

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On April 24, 2002, three children aged 12, 13 and 14 were killed while attempting to infilitate Netzarim settlement in the Gaza Strip. The three children - Ismail Abu Nada (12), Anwar Ill Azi Mustafa Hamarna (13) and Yosef Basem Yosef Zakut (14) - were activists of the local Islamic youth movement of the Sheikh Raduan neighbourhood in Gaza. No Palestinian group claimed responsibility for the attack, but Israeli intelligence sources attributed it to Hamas. Hamas, however, denied the charge and condemned the usage of ...

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Child suicide bombers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Child suicide bombers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Overview, Child suicide bombers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Incidents since September 2000 and prior to 2004, Child suicide bombers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Incidents in 2004, Child suicide bombers in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - Incidents in 2005

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On June 6, 2003, Rantissi broke off discussions with PA Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas, who had called for an end to "armed resistance". On June 10, 2003, Rantissi survived an Israeli helicopter attack on a car in which he was travelling. He was lightly wounded in the attack, which killed two civilians and wounded around thirty more, including 15 children under the age of 12. On January 26, 2004, Rantissi offered "a 10-year truce in return for withdrawal and the establishment of a state". There had earlier been some rumored talks within Hamas about doing this but this time Rantassi ...

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Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Personal life, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Origins of Hamas, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Expulsion and Return, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Leadership of Hamas spent in Hiding, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Selected Timeline, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Death by Missile, Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi - Quotes

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