A Palestinian military court sentenced Kamal and Husam...

A Palestinian military court sentenced Kamal and Husam Hammad to death in absentia. They were convicted of collaborating with Israel to assassinate master Hamas bomb-maker Yahya Ayyash in 1996. "The court found defendants Kamal and Husam Hammad guilty of collaborating with the Israeli secret service, Mosad, and executing its plan to assassinate "The Engineer" Yahya Ayyash," chief judge Abd-al-Aziz Wadi stated. The Palestinian Security Court ruled the two be put to death by firing squad.