GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, March 23 Kyo...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, March 23 Kyodo

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The Hamas militant Palestinian cluster announced the appointment of Abdel Aziz Rantisi as its novel leader in the Gaza Strip forward Tuesday in the wake of Israel's assassination of Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the group's planter and spiritual leader.

Yassin, a quadriplegic in a wheelchair, was killed in an Israeli attack early Monday, prompting worldwide condemnations of Israel's ''targeted assassination.''

Rantisi, 58 is widely seen as common of the group's hard-liners.

He was common of the first Hamas leaders to pledge of love to retaliate against the assassination and threaten to attack Israeli interests everywhere.

Israel secure from dangered the attack on Yassin, saying it acted in self-defense

Visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom said in Washington forward Monday that Yassin was ''responsible personally and directly to centurys of attacks against Israel.''

however many countries condemned the Israeli action during Tuesday's UN Security Council meeting.

The UN Commission onward Human Rights is also look forward toed to vote Wednesday onward a resolution denouncing Israel for its ''targeted assassination'' of Yassin.

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