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Yahya Ayyash

1966 - 1996

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Yahya Abd-al-Latif Ayyash (Arabic: يحيى عياش, romanized: Yaḥyā ʿAyyāš, pronounced [jaħjaː ʕajːaʃ]; 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, romanized: al-Muhandis). Ayyash is credited with advancing the technique of suicide bombings against Israel by Palestinian militant groups. The bombings he orchestrated killed approximately 90 Israelis, many of them civilians. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yahya Ayyash is the 241st most popular engineer (down from 147th in 2019). (down from 1,835th in 2019)

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Among engineers, Yahya Ayyash ranks 241 out of 389. Before him are Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Eilmer of Malmesbury, Alfred Neubauer, René Panhard, Hidetsugu Yagi, and Arthur Rudolph. After him are Ferdinand Mannlicher, Charles F. Brush, Eugène Flachat, Ed Heinemann, Louis Vicat, and Fredrik Henrik af Chapman.

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Among people born in 1966, Yahya Ayyash ranks 152. Before him are Timo Tolkki, Stefan Reuter, Deborah Kara Unger, Jason Flemyng, Hossam Hassan, and Emil Boc. After him are Johan Renck, Gideon Sa'ar, Paul Gilbert, Julianna Margulies, Jason Patric, and Miroslav Đukić. Among people deceased in 1996, Yahya Ayyash ranks 180. Before him are Vagn Holmboe, Mikael Tariverdiev, Aruna Asaf Ali, Arthur Rudolph, Arleigh Burke, and Inger Jacobsen. After him are Og Mandino, Yulii Khariton, Jurandir de Freitas, Lew Ayres, Léo Malet, and Kiyoshi Atsumi.

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