Hamas spiritual leader Sheik Ahmed Yassin was returning to the Gaza Strip after a four-month regional tour in which he was believed to have raised millions of dollars for the fundamentalist group. Israeli security officials recommended that Yassin be allowed back into the Palestinian Authority areas, saying the decision would be the easiest way to do damage control. Yassin was released from Israeli prison last year as part of a deal to free two Mossad agents arrested in Jordan after a failed attempt to assassinate a Hamas political leader.
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