What the records say
- When
- 17 Apr 2004
- Kind
- Assassination
- Deaths
- 3
- Coordinates
- 31.51° N, 34.46° E
- Description
- second 2004 assassination of Hamas founder
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Assassination of Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi
2004 murder in Gaza Strip
On the evening of 17 April 2004, the leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip, Abdel Aziz al-Rantisi, aged 56, was assassinated by missiles fired by Israeli warplanes on the car he was traveling in. In addition two of his bodyguards were killed. The operation was considered part of a campaign to eliminate the leaders of the groups fighting in the uprising. The assassination led to widespread condemnation around the world.
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