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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the Hamas leader =
assassinated in an Israeli air strike Saturday, was one of the highest =
profile and most extreme voices of the violent Islamic group.=20
He served as Hamas leader in Gaza for less than a month after Israel =
killed his predecessor, Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin, in a similar =
helicopter missile strike on March 22.=20
Rantisi rejected any accommodation with Israel, following strict Hamas =
ideology that called for destruction of the Jewish state in the Middle =
East.=20
A pediatrician by profession with a reasonable command of English, =
Rantisi was readily available to foreign journalists and was one of the =
most recognizable of Hamas' leaders.=20
Even before he was chosen to replace Yassin, Rantisi was in Israeli =
gunsights. Last year, an Israeli helicopter fired missiles at his =
vehicle, wounding him.=20
Rantisi, 56, was undeterred by the Israeli attempts to kill him and =
seemed to predict his death.=20
"It's death whether by killing or by cancer; it's the same thing," he =
said the day after he was chosen Hamas leader in Gaza. "Nothing will =
change if it's an Apache (helicopter) or cardiac arrest. But I prefer to =
be killed by Apache."=20
Rantisi also told journalists that day, "My priority is to unite the =
Palestinians in the trenches of resistance because there is no one left =
who believes in something called the peace process."=20
Rantisi, Yassin and five other men founded Hamas in 1987 at the start of =
a first uprising against Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza =
Strip. The group grew into one of the region's largest militant Islamic =
factions and called for a Muslim Middle East without a Jewish state.=20
In the early 1990s, at the start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks that =
Hamas opposed, the group pioneered suicide bombings in Israel. During =
the current conflict, which has lasted more than three years, the group =
has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings and shooting =
attacks.=20
Rantisi was born on Oct. 23, 1947, in Yibnah, now the Israeli town of =
Yavneh. He was the fourth of 12 children. When he was 6 months old, his =
family fled the war that came with Israel's creation in 1948.=20
The family ended up in the Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza. =
Rantisi moved to Gaza City during the first uprising.=20
After co-founding Hamas, Rantisi was the group's first leader to be =
captured and imprisoned by Israeli forces. Altogether, he spent seven =
years in prison.=20
During one confinement, he shared a cell with Yassin and committed to =
memory the Quran, the Muslim holy book of around 600 pages - an =
achievement he spoke of proudly.=20
In prison, he also once meticulously assembled a model of Jerusalem's Al =
Aqsa Mosque from empty cartons of milk, cigarettes and toothbrushes. He =
displayed the colorfully painted memento of his prison days on a table =
in his living room.=20
In 1992, after the killing of a soldier, Israel sent Rantisi and more =
than 400 other Islamic militants into temporary exile in southern =
Lebanon. There, Rantisi first became internationally known, using his =
command of English to become a spokesman for those deported.=20
Back in Gaza a year later, Rantisi, with a gray-flecked beard and =
gold-framed glasses, quickly became one of the group's most recognizable =
faces, serving as a Hamas spokesman, welcoming journalists to his =
apartment in Gaza City's Sheik Radwan neighborhood.=20
Rantisi was targeted by Israel's air force in June of last year. He =
leaped from his jeep as a helicopter missile pounded the vehicle. Six =
other missiles pulverized the jeep with thunderous bangs, killing =
Rantisi's bodyguard and a bystander and wounding his son Ahmed.=20
As he ran, Rantisi was hit in the leg by machine gun fire from the =
chopper.=20
Fellow Hamas founder and surgeon Mahmoud Zahar operated on Rantisi to =
repair damage to arteries in one of his legs. Recovering at Gaza's Shifa =
Hospital, Rantisi vowed Hamas would crush Israel: "I swear we will not =
leave one Jew in Palestine."
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<P>He served as Hamas leader in Gaza for less than a month after Israel =
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<P>Rantisi rejected any accommodation with Israel, following strict =
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<P>Even before he was chosen to replace Yassin, Rantisi was in Israeli=20
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<P>Rantisi, 56, was undeterred by the Israeli attempts to kill him and =
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<P>"It's death whether by killing or by cancer; it's the same thing," he =
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<P>Rantisi, Yassin and five other men founded Hamas in 1987 at the start =
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<P>In the early 1990s, at the start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks =
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Hamas opposed, the group pioneered suicide bombings in Israel. During =
the=20
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He was the fourth of 12 children. When he was 6 months old, his family =
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<P>After co-founding Hamas, Rantisi was the group's first leader to be =
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<P>During one confinement, he shared a cell with Yassin and committed to =
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<P>In prison, he also once meticulously assembled a model of Jerusalem's =
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<P>In 1992, after the killing of a soldier, Israel sent Rantisi and more =
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<P>Back in Gaza a year later, Rantisi, with a gray-flecked beard and =
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serving as a=20
Hamas spokesman, welcoming journalists to his apartment in Gaza City's =
Sheik=20
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<P>Rantisi was targeted by Israel's air force in June of last year. He =
leaped=20
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missiles=20
pulverized the jeep with thunderous bangs, killing Rantisi's bodyguard =
and a=20
bystander and wounding his son Ahmed.=20
<P>As he ran, Rantisi was hit in the leg by machine gun fire from the =
chopper.=20
<P>Fellow Hamas founder and surgeon Mahmoud Zahar operated on Rantisi to =
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TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the Hamas leader MURDERED =
in an Israeli air strike Saturday, was one of the highest profile and =
most extreme voices of the violent Islamic group.=20
He served as Hamas leader in Gaza for less than a month after Israel =
killed his predecessor, Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin, in a similar =
helicopter missile strike on March 22.=20
Rantisi rejected any accommodation with Israel, following strict Hamas =
ideology that called for destruction of the Jewish state in the Middle =
East.=20
A pediatrician by profession with a reasonable command of English, =
Rantisi was readily available to foreign journalists and was one of the =
most recognizable of Hamas' leaders.=20
Even before he was chosen to replace Yassin, Rantisi was in Israeli =
gunsights. Last year, an Israeli helicopter fired missiles at his =
vehicle, wounding him.=20
Rantisi, 56, was undeterred by the Israeli attempts to kill him and =
seemed to predict his death.=20
"It's death whether by killing or by cancer; it's the same thing," he =
said the day after he was chosen Hamas leader in Gaza. "Nothing will =
change if it's an Apache (helicopter) or cardiac arrest. But I prefer to =
be killed by Apache."=20
Rantisi also told journalists that day, "My priority is to unite the =
Palestinians in the trenches of resistance because there is no one left =
who believes in something called the peace process."=20
Rantisi, Yassin and five other men founded Hamas in 1987 at the start =
of a first uprising against Israel's occupation of the West Bank and =
Gaza Strip. The group grew into one of the region's largest militant =
Islamic factions and called for a Muslim Middle East without a Jewish =
state.=20
In the early 1990s, at the start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks =
that Hamas opposed, the group pioneered suicide bombings in Israel. =
During the current conflict, which has lasted more than three years, the =
group has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings and shooting =
attacks.=20
Rantisi was born on Oct. 23, 1947, in Yibnah, now the Israeli town of =
Yavneh. He was the fourth of 12 children. When he was 6 months old, his =
family fled the war that came with Israel's creation in 1948.=20
The family ended up in the Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza. =
Rantisi moved to Gaza City during the first uprising.=20
After co-founding Hamas, Rantisi was the group's first leader to be =
captured and imprisoned by Israeli forces. Altogether, he spent seven =
years in prison.=20
During one confinement, he shared a cell with Yassin and committed to =
memory the Quran, the Muslim holy book of around 600 pages - an =
achievement he spoke of proudly.=20
In prison, he also once meticulously assembled a model of Jerusalem's =
Al Aqsa Mosque from empty cartons of milk, cigarettes and toothbrushes. =
He displayed the colorfully painted memento of his prison days on a =
table in his living room.=20
In 1992, after the killing of a soldier, Israel sent Rantisi and more =
than 400 other Islamic militants into temporary exile in southern =
Lebanon. There, Rantisi first became internationally known, using his =
command of English to become a spokesman for those deported.=20
Back in Gaza a year later, Rantisi, with a gray-flecked beard and =
gold-framed glasses, quickly became one of the group's most recognizable =
faces, serving as a Hamas spokesman, welcoming journalists to his =
apartment in Gaza City's Sheik Radwan neighborhood.=20
Rantisi was targeted by Israel's air force in June of last year. He =
leaped from his jeep as a helicopter missile pounded the vehicle. Six =
other missiles pulverized the jeep with thunderous bangs, killing =
Rantisi's bodyguard and a bystander and wounding his son Ahmed.=20
As he ran, Rantisi was hit in the leg by machine gun fire from the =
chopper.=20
Fellow Hamas founder and surgeon Mahmoud Zahar operated on Rantisi to =
repair damage to arteries in one of his legs. Recovering at Gaza's Shifa =
Hospital, Rantisi vowed Hamas would crush Israel: "I swear we will not =
leave one Jew in Palestine."
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<P>TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - Abdel Aziz Rantisi, the Hamas leader =
MURDERED in an=20
Israeli air strike Saturday, was one of the highest profile and most =
extreme=20
voices of the violent Islamic group.=20
<P>He served as Hamas leader in Gaza for less than a month after =
Israel killed=20
his predecessor, Hamas founder Sheik Ahmed Yassin, in a similar =
helicopter=20
missile strike on March 22.=20
<P>Rantisi rejected any accommodation with Israel, following strict =
Hamas=20
ideology that called for destruction of the Jewish state in the Middle =
East.=20
<P>A pediatrician by profession with a reasonable command of English, =
Rantisi=20
was readily available to foreign journalists and was one of the most=20
recognizable of Hamas' leaders.=20
<P>Even before he was chosen to replace Yassin, Rantisi was in Israeli =
gunsights. Last year, an Israeli helicopter fired missiles at his =
vehicle,=20
wounding him.=20
<P>Rantisi, 56, was undeterred by the Israeli attempts to kill him and =
seemed=20
to predict his death.=20
<P>"It's death whether by killing or by cancer; it's the same thing," =
he said=20
the day after he was chosen Hamas leader in Gaza. "Nothing will change =
if it's=20
an Apache (helicopter) or cardiac arrest. But I prefer to be killed by =
Apache."=20
<P>Rantisi also told journalists that day, "My priority is to unite =
the=20
Palestinians in the trenches of resistance because there is no one =
left who=20
believes in something called the peace process."=20
<P>Rantisi, Yassin and five other men founded Hamas in 1987 at the =
start of a=20
first uprising against Israel's occupation of the West Bank and Gaza =
Strip.=20
The group grew into one of the region's largest militant Islamic =
factions and=20
called for a Muslim Middle East without a Jewish state.=20
<P>In the early 1990s, at the start of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks =
that=20
Hamas opposed, the group pioneered suicide bombings in Israel. During =
the=20
current conflict, which has lasted more than three years, the group =
has killed=20
hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings and shooting attacks.=20
<P>Rantisi was born on Oct. 23, 1947, in Yibnah, now the Israeli town =
of=20
Yavneh. He was the fourth of 12 children. When he was 6 months old, =
his family=20
fled the war that came with Israel's creation in 1948.=20
<P>The family ended up in the Khan Younis refugee camp in southern =
Gaza.=20
Rantisi moved to Gaza City during the first uprising.=20
<P>After co-founding Hamas, Rantisi was the group's first leader to be =
captured and imprisoned by Israeli forces. Altogether, he spent seven =
years in=20
prison.=20
<P>During one confinement, he shared a cell with Yassin and committed =
to=20
memory the Quran, the Muslim holy book of around 600 pages - an =
achievement he=20
spoke of proudly.=20
<P>In prison, he also once meticulously assembled a model of =
Jerusalem's Al=20
Aqsa Mosque from empty cartons of milk, cigarettes and toothbrushes. =
He=20
displayed the colorfully painted memento of his prison days on a table =
in his=20
living room.=20
<P>In 1992, after the killing of a soldier, Israel sent Rantisi and =
more than=20
400 other Islamic militants into temporary exile in southern Lebanon. =
There,=20
Rantisi first became internationally known, using his command of =
English to=20
become a spokesman for those deported.=20
<P>Back in Gaza a year later, Rantisi, with a gray-flecked beard and=20
gold-framed glasses, quickly became one of the group's most =
recognizable=20
faces, serving as a Hamas spokesman, welcoming journalists to his =
apartment in=20
Gaza City's Sheik Radwan neighborhood.=20
<P>Rantisi was targeted by Israel's air force in June of last year. He =
leaped=20
from his jeep as a helicopter missile pounded the vehicle. Six other =
missiles=20
pulverized the jeep with thunderous bangs, killing Rantisi's bodyguard =
and a=20
bystander and wounding his son Ahmed.=20
<P>As he ran, Rantisi was hit in the leg by machine gun fire from the =
chopper.=20
<P>Fellow Hamas founder and surgeon Mahmoud Zahar operated on Rantisi =
to=20
repair damage to arteries in one of his legs. Recovering at Gaza's =
Shifa=20
Hospital, Rantisi vowed Hamas would crush Israel: "I swear we will not =
leave=20
one Jew in Palestine."</P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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