Yahya Abdal-Tif Ayyash (يحيى عياش;
February 22,
1966 -
January 5,
1996) was the chief bombmaker of
Hamas and the leader of the
Samaria battalion of the
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades. In that capacity, he earned the nickname the Engineer (المهندس, transliterated Al-Muhandis). Ayyash is credited with advancing the technique of
suicide bombing in the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The bombings he orchestrated caused the deaths of approximately 90 Israelis, many of them civilians. A master of disguise, Ayyash was the most wanted man in Israel for three years, and the target of a massive man-hunt. To Palestinians, he was a celebrated hero. Ayyash was
selectively assassinated by the
Israeli Shabak in 1996. Shabak tricked a friend of Ayyash's into giving him a bomb-laden
cell phone. When Ayyash used it, Shabak detonated it, killing him instantly.
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