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| 2004 | Assassination Yassin, Ahmed |  |
| 22nd Mar Ahmed Yassin is killed in an Israeli attack while he was being wheeled out of an early morning prayer session, an Israeli helicopter gunship fires Hellfire missiles at Yassin and both of his bodyguards |
| 22nd Mar The killing provokes widespread condemnation from the international community, Kofi Annan, UN General secretary, condemns the killing and calls on Israel to halt its policy of assassination |
| 22nd Mar The UN Commission on Human Rights passes a resolution condemning the killing, supported by votes from 31 countries including the People's Republic of China, India, Indonesia, Russia, and SouthAfrica with 2 votes against and 18 abstentions |
| 2004 | Assassination Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al- | |
| 17th April Gazarip Rantissi is assassinated by the Israeli Army after they fire hellfire missiles from an Apache helicopter at his car |
| 2004 | Bombing of Erez Yassin, Ahmed | |
| 14th Jan Erez After a woman's suicide bombing at the Erez crossing, in which Reem Raiyshi detonates herself, Yassin expressed his satisfaction with the execution of the attack |
| 2004 | Death Yassin, Ahmed | |
| 22nd Mar Ahmed Yassin is killed in an Israeli attack while he was being wheeled out of an early morning prayer session, an Israeli helicopter gunship fires Hellfire missiles at Yassin and both of his bodyguards |
| 2004 | Death Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al- | |
| 17th April Gazarip Rantissi is assassinated by the Israeli Army after they fire hellfire missiles from an Apache helicopter at his car |
| 2004 | Death Arafat, Yasser | |
| 11th Nov Paris Death of Yasser Arafat |
| 2004 | Election Abbas, Mahmoud | |
| 25th Nov Abbas is endorsed by Fatah's Revolutionary Council as its preferred candidate for the Palestinian presidential election |
| 14th Dec Abbas calls for an end to violence in the Al-Aqsa Intifada and a return to peaceful resistance |
| 2004 | Hamas Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al- | |
| 23rd Mar Gazarip Rantissi is named leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, following the killing of Ahmed Yassin by Israeli forces |
| 27th Mar Gazarip Rantissi addresses 5,000 supporters in Gaza. He declared USApresident George W. Bush to be an "enemy of Muslims" |
| 2004 | Health Arafat, Yasser | |
| 29th Oct Paris Flown to hospital for testing & treatment |
| 2004 | Intifada Abbas, Mahmoud | |
| 14th Dec Abbas calls for an end to violence in the Al-Aqsa Intifada and a return to peaceful resistance |
| 2004 | PLO Abbas, Mahmoud | |
| 11th Nov Serves as Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee, after Yasser Arafat's death |
