Mohiyedine Sharif

Mohiyedine al-Deen al-Sharif
Mohiyedine Sharif
Native name	محيي الدين الشريف
Born	(1966-01-05)5 January 1966 Beit Hanina
Died	29 March 1998(1998-03-29) (aged 32) Palestine
Cause of death	Murder / Assassination
faction	Hamas
Unit	Ezzedeen Al-Qassam
Alleged attacks	Jaffa Road bus bombings Ashkelon bus station bombing
Alma mater	Al-Quds University

Mohiyedine Sharif (Arabic: محيي الدين الشريف; killed 29 March 1998), also known as The Electrician, was a master bombmaker for Hamas. A protégé of Yahya Ayyash, Sharif was responsible for the First and second Jerusalem bus 18 massacres, and the Ashkelon bus station bombing. ^[1]

Sharif gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in electronic engineering at the Al-Quds University. Sharif died in a car explosion near a garage in Ramallah on 29 March 1998. Many Palestinians believe that he was a victim to internal struggles between Palestinian militias.^{[ citation needed ]}

Following his death, the Palestinian Authority arrested five members of Hamas for his killing. ^[2] But Hamas said that the Preventive Security Force by its commander Jibril Rajoub killed Sharif after they arrested him. ^[3]

References

1. Katz, Samuel (2002). The Hunt for the Engineer. Lyons Press. ISBN   1-58574-749-1., page 278
2. Palestinians say Sharif was killed by fellow Hamas members. CBC News. 13 November 1998
3. "Mohiyedine Sharif in alqassam.ps". Archived from the original on 11 November 2013. Retrieved 18 January 2014.