Hamas interim leader
(Reuters)
Updated: 2004-03-24 10:08

Senior Hamas official Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi (C) stands in front a poster of former Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin in Gaza March 23, 2004. Rantissi, newly named as Hamas chief for the Gaza Strip, vowed on Tuesday that the Palestinian militant group would strike Israelis everywhere following Israel's assassination of Yassin.  [Reuters]

Senior Hamas official Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi waves to his supporters after he named as Hamas chief in Gaza March 23, 2004.  [Reuters]

A file photo of December 16, 2003 shows Hamas leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin (R) and Senior Hamas official Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi in Gaza. Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi, named as Hamas chief for the Gaza Stripon March 23, 2004. [Reuters]