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| | 1987 | Declaration of Intifada Arafat, Yasser |  |
| Dec Arafat launches the 1st Antifada |
| 1987 | Hamas Yassin, Ahmed | |
| Gazarip During the first intifada, Yassin co-founds Hamas with Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi, originally calling it the Palestinian Wing of the Muslim Brotherhood, and becoming its the spiritual leader |
| 1987 | Intifada Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al- | |
| 23rd Oct Gazarip 4 children of the Jabalya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip are run over by an Israeli truck, Rantissi, Sheikh Ahmad Yassin, 'Abdel Fattah Dukhan, Mohammed Shama', ,Ibrahim al-Yazour, Issa al-Najjar, & Salah Shehadeh begin the intifada |
| 23rd Oct Gazarip Start of the first intifada, under Rantissi's leadership the organization becomes known as Hamas , formed later in the year, "Intifada" is the Arabic word for "uprising" |
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