Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh
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Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh | |
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| Born | 1983 Gaza Strip |
| Died | 21 April 2018 (aged 34–35) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Occupation(s) | Engineer and drones designer |
Fadi Mohammad al-Batsh (Template:Lang-ar) was a Palestinian rocket expert, engineer, academic and member of Hamas. He was assassinated on 21 April 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, while heading to a mosque for dawn prayers.[1]
Biography
While living in Gaza, he was employed by the Energy Authority and was a resident of Jabalia Camp. He received a PhD in electrical engineering from the University of Malaya in 2015 and during the course of his study, published 18 scholarly pieces of researches featured in a number of international journals. In 2016 he received an award from the Malaysian treasury. Fadi was also an imam and involved with Islamic organizations such as MyCARE.[2]
Al-Batsh was a lecturer in electrical engineering at the British-Malaysian Institute.[3] He had been living in Malaysia for 10 years at the time of his death.[4]
Assassination
On 21 April 2018, he was shot dead by two gunmen on a motorcycle on a street in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[5] His family has accused Mossad of being responsible for the killing but Israel has denied any involvement in the assassination.[4]
Reaction
- Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh called his killing a "terrible crime" and blamed Mossad.
- Batsh’s uncle Jamal al-Batsh said he blamed "The Israeli Mossad. The Israeli Mossad stood behind the assassination of educated people and intellectuals because Israel knows Palestine will be liberated by scientists."[3]
- Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said "The man was no saint and he didn’t deal with improving infrastructure in Gaza - he was involved in improving rockets’ accuracy ... We constantly see a settling of accounts between various factions in the terrorist organizations and I suppose that is what happened in this case." [6]
- Malaysian Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Fadi was "believed to have become a liability for a country hostile to Palestine".[7]
Personal life
Fadi was married and has three children.
See also
References
- ^ "Palestinian professor killed in Malaysia, family accuses Israeli agency". english.alarabiya.net.
- ^ i24NEWS. "Islamic Jihad: Israel behind killing of Hamas-affiliated engineer in Malaysia".
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b "Palestinian electrical engineer shot dead in Malaysia". ynetnews.com.
- ^ a b "Fadi al-Batsh killing: Israel dismisses involvement". bbc.com.
- ^ "Gunmen shoot dead Palestinian lecturer in Malaysia". Reuters.com.
- ^ Editorial, Reuters. "Israel dismisses suggestions it killed Palestinian in Malaysia".
{{cite web}}:|first=has generic name (help) - ^ https://www.yahoo.com/news/family-accuses-israels-mossad-killing-palestinian-malaysia-152116028.html