Appointment of Abd al-Aziz Rantisi Head of Hamas in Gaza

PalQuest records the killing of Yasir Abu Aysh, Hussein Abu Aysh and Majdi Khatib in or near Rafah. The chronology lists it as a distinct event.

PalQuest records the killing of Aziz Shami in or near Gaza City. The chronology lists it as a distinct event.

PalQuest records the killing of Mahmud Judeh in or near Jabaliya Refugee Camp. The chronology lists it as a distinct event.

PalQuest records the killing of Trad Jamal, Ibrahim Dayri, and Ammar Hassan in or near Deir al-Balah. The chronology lists it as a distinct event.

An Israeli air strike killed Ahmad Yasin, a founder and spiritual leader of Hamas, as he left a mosque in Gaza City.

The United States vetoed draft Security Council resolution S/2004/240. The proposal addressed condemning extrajudicial executions (shaykh ahmad yasin) and all terrorist acts.

PalQuest records this development: Sharon's Letter to Bush on Disengagement Plan.

PalQuest records this development: Bush's Letter to Sharon on the Disengagement Plan.

Israeli forces killed Abd al-Aziz Rantisi in Gaza City shortly after he had been named Hamas leader there following Ahmad Yasin’s killing.

PalQuest records the killing of Nadir Abu Layl and Hashim Abu Hamdan in or near Nablus. The chronology lists it as a distinct event.