Who is Ahmed Yassin and what is Hamas? why gaza

 Who is Ahmed Yassin and what is Hamas?

•  Sheikh Ahmed Ismail Yassin (June 28, 1936 - March 22, 2004) was a preacher, a mujahid, one of the leaders of the Islamic call in Palestine, the founder and president of the largest Islamic university, including the Islamic Academy in Gaza, and the founder of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) and its leader until his death. He was born in the village of Al-Joura, in the Al-Majdal District, south of the Gaza Strip. He took refuge with his family in the Gaza Strip after the 1948 war. He had an accident in his youth while practicing sports, which resulted in complete paralysis of all his limbs. He worked as a teacher of the Arabic language and Islamic education, then worked as a preacher and teacher in the mosques of Gaza. Under the Israeli occupation, he became the most famous orator known in the Gaza Strip due to the strength of his argument and his boldness in truth.
• When he was twenty years old, he participated in the demonstrations that broke out in Gaza to protest the tripartite aggression that targeted Egypt in 1375 AH, corresponding to 1956, and demonstrated tangible rhetorical and organizational abilities. After the defeat of 1967 AD - 1386 AH, in which Israel occupied all of the Palestinian territories, including the Gaza Strip, Ahmed Yassin continued to incite the feelings of worshipers from the pulpit of the Al-Abbasi Mosque, in which he preached to resist the occupier, and collected donations and aid for the families of the martyrs and detainees.
• Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was arrested in 1403 AH, corresponding to 1983, on charges of possessing weapons, forming a military organization, and incitement to eliminate the Jewish state from existence. An Israeli court sentenced him to 13 years in prison. He was released in 1405 AH, corresponding to 1985, in a prisoner exchange between the Israeli authorities and the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

What is the cause of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin's paralysis?

At the age of 16, Ahmed Yassin suffered a fracture in his neck vertebrae while he was playing with his peers on the beach of the Gaza Sea, which resulted in paralysis of his limbs. He began to walk with difficulty and slowly. After being subjected to mistreatment and medical neglect during his first arrest in Israeli occupation prisons in the 1980s, he lost his ability to walk. He was unable to move and had to use a wheelchair until his death .

When was Sheikh Ahmed Yassin martyred?

On March 22, 2004, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin was martyred after Israeli Apache helicopters fired 3 missiles at him while he was sitting in his wheelchair outside the Islamic Complex Mosque in the Al-Sabra neighborhood in the Gaza Strip. In this operation, 7 of the Sheikh’s companions were martyred and two of his sons were injured.

From the sayings of Sheikh Ahmed Yassin?

• Sayings of Ahmed Yassin

• My hope is that God will be pleased with me.

• We are honored by jihad, by fighting we are honored, and by martyrdom we are honored. As for surrender, it is the path of humiliation and disgrace.

• When the balance of conflict is imbalanced, there must be military action that harms the interests of the enemy and makes him kneel.

• Israel was founded on injustice and rape, and every entity based on injustice and rape is destined for destruction.

Why was the Hamas movement given this name?

Where does Hamas get weapons from?

The New York Times also indicated that Hamas is arming its fighters with weapons seized from Israeli military bases, and intelligence collected during months of fighting revealed that the Israeli authorities reduced Hamas’ ability to obtain weapons.