Archives - July 23, 2002: Hamas founder killed in attack
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GAZ2000121509 - 15 DECEMBER 2000 - GAZA CITY, GAZA: The founder of the military wing of the Islamic militant group Hamas, Sheikh Salah Shehada (L), holds a boy after giving him an AK47 assault rifle while a Hamas member (R) looks on during a huge rally marking the 13th anniversary of the foundation of Hamas in Gaza City December 15, 2000. Sheikh Shehada vowed to continue with its armed struggle against Israeli occupation of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip..rw/Abdelrahman Al-khateeb. UPI
Funeral of Hamas militant el Abed held in Gaza City
GAZ2002061603 - GAZA, June 16 (UPI) -- Masked Palestinian members of the Islamic Hamas militants group carry the body of Hamas militant Mahmoud el Abed, covered with a green Hamas flag, during his funeral in Gaza City, Sunday, June 16, 2002. El Abed was killed during a gun battle with Israeli soldiers at the Jewish settlement of Dugit in the northern Gaza Strip last night. Two Israeli soldiers were killed and four others were wounded. jaf/sd/Saed Deeb UPI
An Israeli forensic expert searches the area around an Israeli civilian bus that was blown apart by a Palestinian suicide bomber in Jerusalem
JER2002061804 - JERUSALEM, Israel, June 18 (UPI) - An Israeli police forensic expert searches the area near an Israeli civilian bus that was blown apart in the morning rush hour by a Palestinian suicide bomber in Jerusalem killing 19 and wounding more than 50 on June 18, 2002. Hamas has taken responsibilty for the attack. dh/Debbie Hill UPI
GAZ2002070153 - RAFAH, Gaza, July 1 (UPI) -- Masked Palestinian militants from Hamas join the celebration after declaring on July 1, 2002, in Rafah, Gaza, that they have detained six suspected Palestinian collaborators. The collaborators alledgedly helped the Israeli army find and kill three brothers, Yasser, a Hamas leader, Bassam and Yousef Rizq. The militants promised to execute the collaborators after an investigation concludes. rlw/sd/Saed Deeb UPI
GAZ2002072506 - GAZA CITY, GAZA, July 25 (UPI) -- Palestinian rescue workers clear rubble from a house destroyed by an Israeli warplane in Gaza City, July 25, 2002, after an air strike. An Israeli warplane attacked a house in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, including Salah Shehadeh, commander of the military wing of Hamas. .mk/aa/Ismael Mohamad UPI
GAZ2002072501 - GAZA CITY, GAZA, July 25 (UPI) -- Palestinian rescue workers clear rubble from a house destroyed by an Israeli warplane in Gaza City, July 25, 2002, after an air strike. An Israeli warplane attacked a house in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, including Salah Shehadeh, commander of the military wing of Hamas. .mk/aa/Ismael Mohamad UPI
An Israeli soldier talks to Palestinian boys on a donkey at the Al Khader checkpoint near Bethlehem
JER2002072407 - AL KHADER, West Bank, July 24 (UPI) - An Israeli soldier talks to Palestinian boys on a donkey at the Al Khader checkpoint near Bethlehem during the lifting of the Israeli military curfew, July 24, allowing the population to restock on supplies. Israeli security is on high alert after Hamas vowed revenge for the Israeli military action that dropped a one-ton bomb from a F-16 warplane killing the commander of the Hamas military wing and thirteen civilians, including nine children in Gaza this week. dh/Debbie Hill UPI
GAZ2002072508 - GAZA CITY, GAZA, July 25 (UPI) -- A Palestinian girl holds up a photograph of killed Hamas militant Salah Shehada as the other woman holds her baby in Gaza City, July 25, 2002, during anti-Israeli protest supporting the victims of Israeli air trike, in front of the buildings destroyed by an Israeli F-16 attack which killed Shehada and 14 others..mk/aa/Ismael Mohamad UPI
GAZ2002072301 - GAZA CITY, GAZA, July 23 (UPI) -- Palestinian mourners and relatives attend the funeral for 15 victims of an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 23, 2002. An Israeli warplane attacked a house in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, including Salah Shehadeh, commander of the military wing of Hamas.Ê mk/aa/IsmaelÊMohamad UPI
GAZ2002072304 - GAZA CITY, GAZA, July 23 (UPI) -- Palestinian mourners and relatives attend the funeral for 15 victims of an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 23, 2002. An Israeli warplane attacked a house in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, including Salah Shehadeh, commander of the military wing of Hamas.Ê mk/aa/IsmaelÊMohamad UPI
GAZ2002072306 - GAZA CITY, GAZA, July 23 (UPI) -- Palestinian mourners and relatives attend the funeral for 15 victims of an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 23, 2002. An Israeli warplane attacked a house in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, including Salah Shehadeh, commander of the military wing of Hamas.Ê mk/aa/IsmaelÊMohamad UPI
GAZ2002072302 - GAZA CITY, GAZA, July 23 (UPI) -- Palestinian mourners and relatives attend the funeral for 15 victims of an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, Tuesday, July 23, 2002. An Israeli warplane attacked a house in the Gaza Strip early Tuesday, killing at least 15 people, including Salah Shehadeh, commander of the military wing of Hamas.Ê mk/aa/IsmaelÊMohamad UPI
Israeli forensic police examine the blood on the floor of the cafeteria at Hebrew University
JER2002073109 - JERUSALEM, Israel, July 31 (UPI) - Israeli forensic police examine the blood on the floor in the Frank Sinatra cafeteria at Jerusalem's Hebrew University where a bomb ripped through the lunchtime crowd, killing seven and wounding more than 85 others, July 31, 2002. Hamas has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in revenge for the Israeli bombing in Gaza last week that killed their leader Sulah Shehada. dh/Debbie Hill UPI
An ISraeli police stands in the debris inside the cafeteria at Jerusalem's Hebrew University after a bombing
JER2002073110 - JERUSALEM, Israel, July 31 (UPI) - An Israeli police officer stands amid the debris inside the Frank Sinatra cafeteria at Jerusalem's Hebrew University where a bomb ripped through the lunchtime crowd, killing seven and wounding more than 85 others, July 31, 2002. Hamas has claimed responsibility for the terrorist attack in revenge for the Israeli bombing in Gaza last week that killed their leader Sulah Shehada. dh/Debbie Hill UPI
