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This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Sheikh Ahmed Yassin أحمد ياسين Yassin in 2004 Chairman of the Hamas Shura Council In office 10 December 1987 – 22 March 2004 Deputy Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi Preceded by Position created Succeeded by Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi Personal details Born Ahmed Ismail Hassan Yassin June 1936 (1936-06 ...
Palestine Liberation Organization: President of the State of Palestine: President of the Palestinian National Authority: West Bank: Gaza Strip: 10 June 1964 – 24 December 1967 Ahmad Shukeiri: 24 December 1967 – 2 February 1969 Yahya Hammuda: 2 February 1969 – 2 April 1989 Yasser Arafat: 2 April 1989 [6] – 5 July 1994 Yasser Arafat
Yasser Arafat [a] (4 or 24 August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, [b] was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) from 1969 to 2004, President of the State of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 and President of the Palestinian Authority (PNA) from 1994 to 2004. [3]
The Israeli–Palestinian conflict is an ongoing military and political conflict about land and self-determination within the territory of the former Mandatory Palestine. [26] [27] [28] Key aspects of the conflict include the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, the status of Jerusalem, Israeli settlements, borders, security, water rights, [29] the permit regime, Palestinian ...
1 February – 183 Palestinian prisoners are released by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement. [12]4 February – A gunman kills two IDF soldiers at a checkpoint in Tayasir in the West Bank before being killed by responding soldiers.
The Gaza war [p] has been fought between Israel and Hamas-led Palestinian militant groups [q] in the Gaza Strip and Israel since 7 October 2023. The fifth war since 2008 in the Gaza–Israel conflict, it is the most significant military engagement in the region since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, [74] and sparked an ongoing Middle Eastern crisis.
As the Israel-Hamas war continues following the Oct. 7 attack — which has lead to an estimated 34,000 Palestinian deaths, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, a looming famine in Gaza and ...
The Army of the Holy War or Holy War Army (Arabic: جيش الجهاد المقدس; Jaysh al-Jihād al-Muqaddas) was a Palestinian Arab irregular force in the 1947–1948 civil war in Mandatory Palestine led by Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni and Hasan Salama. [9] The force has been described as Husayni's "personal" army. [10]