Fauzi Ayub

Fauzi Mohammed Ayub (Arabic: فوزي محمد أيوب), (also Fawzi), (5 October, 1966 – May 2014)^[1] was a Lebanese-Canadian who was a member of Hezbollah and arrested in 2002 by the Israeli Defence Forces. Two years later he was released to his wife and three children in Lebanon in a prisoner exchange that saw 436 Palestinians and Lebanese released in exchange for Elhanan Tannenbaum and the bodies of three Israeli soldiers abducted four years earlier.^[2]^[3]

His arrest brought debate to Canada over whether to declare Hezbollah a "terrorist" organisation, and whether to continue judging its military branch separately from its political and social service branches.^[4]

He was killed in May 2014 while fighting in the Syrian Civil War by a Free Syrian Army ambush in the Battle of Aleppo (2012–2016).^[5]

^ "Fbi — Faouzi Mohamad Ayoub". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2015-01-07.
^ Bell, Stewart. National Post, "Canadian authorities on lookout for terrorists Archived 2012-09-07 at archive.today", July 26, 2006
^ United Jewish Communities, Israel-Hezbollah swap: Would-be hijacker born in Beirut may eventually return to Toronto, he says
^ Shai, Shaul, "The Axis of Evil", p. 70
^ "Faouzi Ayoub, Lebanese-Canadian terror suspect, reportedly killed in Syria". CBC News. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

[1] "Fbi — Faouzi Mohamad Ayoub". Archived from the original on 2015-01-07. Retrieved 2015-01-07.

[bell-2] Bell, Stewart. National Post, "Canadian authorities on lookout for terrorists Archived 2012-09-07 at archive.today", July 26, 2006

[uja2-3] United Jewish Communities, Israel-Hezbollah swap: Would-be hijacker born in Beirut may eventually return to Toronto, he says

[shai-4] Shai, Shaul, "The Axis of Evil", p. 70

[5] "Faouzi Ayoub, Lebanese-Canadian terror suspect, reportedly killed in Syria". CBC News. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 27 May 2014.

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