Yahya Ayyasch
Yahya Ayyasch , also Jehija Ajasch ( Arabic يحيى عبد اللطيف عياش, DMG Yaḥyā ʿAbd al-Laṭīf ʿAiyāš ; pseudonymالمهندس / al-muhandis / 'the engineer'; * March 6, 1966 in Rafat, West Bank ; † January 5, 1996 in Gaza , Gaza Strip ), was a Palestinian terrorist who was responsible for the deaths of over 50 people and was allegedly killed by the Israeli domestic intelligence service Shin Bet .
Education
After graduating from school in 1985, he began studying electrical engineering at Bir Zait University in 1987 . In 1991 he graduated with a bachelor's degree . He then wanted to do his master’s degree in Jordan , but the Israeli authorities refused to leave him for this purpose. At that time he joined Hamas .
Making bombs for Hamas
Ayyasch made numerous bombs that were detonated in Hamas attacks:
- April 16, 1993: Car bomb attack on two buses at the Mehola rest area near the Jordan Valley; 2 dead
- April 6, 1994: Car bomb attack on a bus near Afula: 8 dead
- April 13, 1994: bomb attack on Hadera - Tel Aviv bus : 5 dead
- October 19, 1994: Bomb attack on a bus on Dizengoffstrasse in Tel Aviv: 22 dead
- April 9, 1995: Bomb attack on a bus near Kfar Darom: 8 dead
- July 24, 1995: Bomb attack on a bus near Ramat Gan : 6 dead
- August 21, 1995: Bomb attack on a bus near Ramat Eschkol : 5 dead
death
On January 5, 1996, while on the phone, a cell phone prepared with plastic explosives exploded , which is said to have been leaked to Ayyasch by the Shin Bet secret service .
swell
- Susanne Knaul: The term execution does not exist in Israel. Interview with Jarden Vatikai. on: taz.de , August 6, 2001.
- Hermann Mahs: "Death to the Arabs!" echoes from the crowd. on: welt.de , February 26, 1996.
- Carlos Kunze: Death in Ramallah. on: jungle-world.com , April 8, 1998.
- Samuel M. Katz: Hunt for the Engineer: How Israeli Agents Tracked the Hamas Master Bomber. Fromm International, New York 1999, ISBN 0-88064-243-2 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Samuel M. Katz: Hunt for the Engineer: How Israeli Agents Tracked the Hamas Master Bomber. Fromm International, New York 1999, pp. 70-71; 77 (Mhola), 106-109 (Aufla, Hadera), 147 (Dizengoff), 167 (Kfar Darom), 191 (Ramat Gan), 197 (Ramat Eshkol)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ayyasch, Yahya |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | The engineer (pseudonym); Ayyasch, Yahya Abd al-Latif (full name); Ajasch, Jahja |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Palestinian assassination victim |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 6, 1966 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rafat, West Bank |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th January 1996 |
| Place of death | Gaza Strip |