The Hunt for the Engineer: How Israeli Agents Tracked the Hamas Master Bomber

by Samuel M. Katz

The hunt for a Palestinian bomb builder who killed 130 Israelis during a two-year reign of terror is recounted here in vivid detail, from his origins on the West Bank to his death at the hands of the Mossad.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

303 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Mohamed El yahyai · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of course they're gonna call him a terrorist
But for his people he was a hero , because he represented the resistance against the Israeli occupation. And now in 2021 after more then 25 yeas he came from his grave flying for a 250 km and strikes Israeli airport in the occupied territorys. Legends never dies
Free Palestine :)

[هديل فكري · Rating 1 out of 5]

Long live AYYASH ✌️

[Ahmed Elsayed · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great Man Great Engineer!
Rest in peace ayaash it was a great journey legend.
Yehia ayaash came to this life.

[خالد المحاربي · Rating 5 out of 5]

Ayash the Hero

[Alexander L. Belikoff · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found it overly dramatic and all around the place, trying to cover a huge number of events - from Camp David Accord to Yitzhak Rabin's assassination. While this paints a somewhat broader picture, a lot of that material is not that relevant to the main topic of the book. In my opinion, this book is at least twice as long as it should have been.

Furthermore, the Author repeatedly attempts to present Ayyash as a super-villain, which might be somewhat of an exaggeration. In the pecking order of Hamas & IJ murderers, Ayyash was hardly the most important or the most bloody.

Overall, it's not a bad book - probably the only one on this topic. If you are interested in the subject, definitely read it.

Verdict: OK, read once.

[Ari Damoulakis · Rating 4 out of 5]

An incredibly interesting and fascinating book. I do wish that it went into more technical details though. I hope one day we somehow hear the whole truth about how all those exploding pagers found themselves in Lebanon. That was also incredibly precise and well-executed. But this book is definitely really well worth reading.

[Pro Shaapan]

5

[Mahmoud Reda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice

[Ahmad Omar · Rating 3 out of 5]

They say "one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter" The reason I'm giving this book 3 stars is cause of how it depicts certain events it demonstrates Ayash as being a cold blooded murder in perfect sound mind. It barely touches on many of the drivers that got Ayash to be what he was like the occupation and the terrible israeli policy towards the Palestinian. One of the things that stopped me in the Book is how it also implies that Baruch Goldstein was unaware of his actions due to mental health issues while making Ayash look absolutely evil

On the positive side, it does contain valuable insights on different aspects I didn't consider before or stories that I have not heard of, such as the abduction of Officer tolidano