Abdel Aziz Al-Rantissi
Abdel Aziz Ali Abdulmajid al-Rantissi (Arabic: عبدالعزيز علي عبدالمجيد الحفيظ الرنتيسي, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ʿAlī ʿAbd al-Māǧid al-Rantīsī); 23 October 1947 – 17 April 2004) was the co-founder of the Palestinian Islamist organization Hamas with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin.
Rantissi was Hamas's political leader and spokesman in the Gaza Strip following the Israeli killing of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmad Yassin in March 2004. Like most Hamas members, Rantissi opposed any compromise with Israel and called for the creation of a state of Palestine (including the whole of the State of Israel) through military exertion against the Jewish state.
On 17 April 2004, the Israeli Air Force killed Rantissi by firing Hellfire missiles from an AH-64 Apache helicopter at his car.
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