Yahya Ayyash | |
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Born | 6 March 1966 |
Died | 5 January 1996 | (aged 29)
Cause of death | Assassination |
Other names | The Engineer |
Alma mater | Birzeit University |
Movement | Hamas |
Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash (Arabic: يحيى عياش; 6 March 1966 – 5 January 1996) was the chief bombmaker of Hamas and the leader of the West Bank battalion of the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In that capacity, he earned the nickname "the Engineer" (Arabic: المهندس, transliterated al-Muhandis). Ayyash is credited with advancing the technique of suicide bombing in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The bombings he orchestrated killed approximately 90 Israelis, many of them civilians.[1] He was assassinated by Shin Bet on 5 January 1996.[2]
Ayyash is celebrated by local Palestinian communities who have named streets and other locales in his honor.[3][4][5] His name was also given to the rocket Ayyash-250 produced by Hamas.[6]
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