Shin Bet used a mobile phone secretly fitted with explosives to kill Yahya Ayyash, a master bombmaker from Hamas nicknamed “the Engineer,” in Gaza in 1996. A Palestinian go-between gave Ayyash ...

Shin Bet used a mobile phone secretly fitted with explosives to kill Yahya Ayyash, a master bombmaker from Hamas nicknamed "the Engineer," in Gaza in 1996. A Palestinian go-between gave Ayyash the ...

In 1996, Yahya Ayyash, head of the bomb-making programme of Palestinian militant group—Hamas—was blown up in an explosion after Shin Bet—Israel’s internal intelligence agency—planted an ...

In 1996, Israel’s Shin Bet tricked notorious Hamas bombmaker Yahya Ayyash into using a cell phone rigged with explosives, killing him instantly. Nakasone, who retired from his post in February ...

Deadly Phone Call Shin Bet used a mobile phone secretly fitted with explosives to kill Yahya Ayyash, a master bombmaker from Hamas nicknamed “the Engineer,” in Gaza in 1996. A Palestinian go ...

Yahya Ayyash, the chief bombmaker for Hamas, was assassinated by Shin Bet, Israel’s domestic security agency, using a booby-trapped mobile phone. They had persuaded Kamil Hamad, the uncle of ...

also known as Shin Bet, is said to used a similar technique to detonate a small charge of explosives near the ear of Hamas bomb-maker Yahya Ayyash. Knowing that Ayyash used the phones of his ...

Hamshari lost a leg and later died. In 1996, Israel’s internal security agency, Shin Bet, managed to trick Yahya Ayyash, a skilled Hamas bombmaker responsible for the killing of dozens of ...

Hamshari lost a leg and later died. In 1996, Israel’s internal security agency, Shin Bet, managed to trick Yahya Ayyash, a skilled Hamas bombmaker responsible for the killing of dozens of ...