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| Assassination Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al- |  |
17th April Gazarip Rantissi is assassinated by the Israel  i Army after they fire hellfire missiles from an Apache helicopter at his car |
| Assassination Yassin, Ahmed | |
| 22nd Mar Ahmed Yassin is killed in an Israel i attack while he was being wheeled out of an early morning prayer session, an Israel i 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 South Africa  with 2 votes against and 18 abstentions |
| Bombing of Erez Yassin, Ahmed | |
| 14th Jan Erez After a woman's suicidebombing at the Erez crossing, in which Reem Raiyshi detonates herself, Yassin expressed his satisfaction with the execution of the attack |
| Death Arafat, Yasser | |
| 11th Nov Paris Death of Yasser Arafat |
| Death Rantissi, Abdel Aziz al- | |
| 17th April Gazarip Rantissi is assassinated by the Israel i Army after they fire hellfire missiles from an Apache helicopter at his car |
| Death Yassin, Ahmed | |
| 22nd Mar Ahmed Yassin is killed in an Israel i attack while he was being wheeled out of an early morning prayer session, an Israel i helicopter gunship fires Hellfire missiles at Yassin and both of his bodyguards |
| 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 |
| 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 Israel i forces |
27th Mar Gazarip Rantissi addresses 5,000 supporters in Gaza. He declared USA  president George W. Bush to be an "enemy of Muslims" |
| Health Arafat, Yasser | |
| 29th Oct Paris Flown to hospital for testing & treatment |
| Intifada Abbas, Mahmoud | |
| 14th Dec Abbas calls for an end to violence in the Al-Aqsa Intifada and a return to peaceful resistance |
| PLO Abbas, Mahmoud | |
| 11th Nov Serves as Chairman of the PLO Executive Committee, after Yasser Arafat's death |
