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| 1947 | Birth |  |
| 23rd Oct Yubna Birth of Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi |
| 1987 | Intifada | |
| 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" |
| 1992 | Exile of Rantissi | |
| Gazarip Rantissi is deported to southern Lebanon, as part of the expulsion of 416 Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad operatives, and emerged as the general spokesman of the expellees |
| 2003 | Bombing of Erez Checkpoint | |
| 8th June Gazarip Rantissi is responsible for directing the Hamas -led attack in which four Israeli soldiers are killed at the Erez Checkpoint in the Gaza Strip |
| 2004 | Assassination | |
| 17th April Gazarip Rantissi is assassinated by the Israeli Army after they fire hellfire missiles from an Apache helicopter at his car |
| 2004 | Death | |
| 17th April Gazarip Rantissi is assassinated by the Israeli Army after they fire hellfire missiles from an Apache helicopter at his car |
| 2004 | Hamas | |
| 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" |
