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Yahya Ayyash

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Terrorist

The Resume

    (February 22, 1966-January 5, 1996)
    Born in Rafat, West Bank
    Chief bombmaker for Hamas
    Led the West Bank battalion of the al-Qassam Brigades
    Nicknamed 'The Engineer'
    Assassinated by the Israeli security agency Shin Bet using a cell phone containing explosives

Why he might be annoying:

    He recruited suicide bombers to blow up themselves and as many Israeli civilians as possible.
    He orchestrated bombings that killed 90 people.
    In the month after his death, retaliatory bombings killed 60 Israelis.
    The Palestinian Authority named a street in the capital of Ramallah after him.

Why he might not be annoying:

    As a child, he received an award from the Islamic Trust for his talent in memorizing the Koran.
    He joined Hamas after Israeli authorities denied him permission to travel to Jordan to pursue a masters degree in engineering.
    The Palestinian Authority cooperated with Israel in tracking him.
    Shin Bet got the cell phone to an associate of Ayyash who agreed to work with them, telling him that the phone was bugged so they could listen in on Ayyash's conversations, but omitting the whole 'also, there's enough explosives in there to blow someone's head off' part.

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 499 Votes: 69.34% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 98 Votes: 47.96% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 32 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 708 Votes: 49.58% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 3379 Votes: 60.76% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1169 Votes: 61.51% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 450 Votes: 80.67% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 210 Votes: 98.57% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 2700 Votes: 70.22% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 833 Votes: 60.38% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 656 Votes: 69.21% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 459 Votes: 80.83% Annoying