How a quadriplegic charity worker became the founder of Hamas

from If You're Listening · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Last week, Hamas burst out of the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, killing at least 1,400 people, the vast majority of them Israeli civilians.But Hamas' origins go back decades, to its founder Ahmed Yassin.How did a disabled refugee from Gaza become one of the most influential men in Palestine?And how did he take Hamas from obscurity to wresting control of the Gaza Strip?Subscribe to If You're Listening on the ABC Listen app.Find more If You're Listening on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VqWVeanOS0

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