Editing Ahmed Yassin (section)

===Middle East===
[[King Abdullah II of Jordan]] described the assassination as a "crime";<ref name = AlJazeerah/> Lebanon's president [[Émile Lahoud]] vehemently denounced the Israeli act as "...a crime [which] will not succeed in liquidating the Palestinian cause";<ref name=AlJazeerah/> Emir of Kuwait [[Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah]] said: "Violence will increase now because violence always breeds violence";<ref name=AlJazeerah/> the head of the [[Muslim Brotherhood]] in Egypt, [[Mohammed Mahdi Akef|Mohammed Akef]], described Yassin as a "martyr" and his assassination a "cowardly operation".<ref name=AlJazeerah/> Iran called the assassination a "criminal act" and a threat to regional security.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-03-24 |title=The life and death of Shaikh Yasin |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2004/3/24/the-life-and-death-of-shaikh-yasin |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2004-03-23 |title=IN SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE, MOST SPEAKERS CONDEMN ISRAEL'S ASSASSINATION OF HAMAS LEADER |url=https://press.un.org/en/2004/sc8034.doc.htm |access-date=2024-09-26 |website=United Nations Meetings Coverage and Press Releases}}</ref>