Yahya Ayyash
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Yahya Ayyash 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". Ayyash is credite
Yahya Ayyash
Jaffa Road bus bombings
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The Jaffa Road bus bombings were Palestinian suicide attacks carried out in 1996 on two No. 18 buses on Jaffa Road in Jerusalem. Hamas suicide bombers killed 45 people in the attacks, which were maste
Yahya Ayyash
…a fake passport and a visa to the US. Following Ayyash's death, four suicide bombings killed seventy-eight Israelis in February and March 1996. The first of these took place shortly after the end of the 40-day mourning period for Ayyash and the cell that claimed responsibility called itself "Disciples of the…
The attack aftermath
Commemorative plaque for the victims of the first bus bombing
Commemorative plaque for those who were killed in the second bombing