Bahij Badr

Bahij Muhammad Mahmoud Badr led the Hamas infrastructure in Beit Liqya that carried out the attacks at Cafe Hillel, Tzrifin, and the New Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv. He worked as an accountant at a charity organization in Ramallah. He was involved in the murder of approximately eighteen Israelis and the wounding of many dozens. He is considered a significant leader and Palestinian symbol. He was sentenced to 18 life sentences. As head of the terror infrastructure, he underwent and provided training in manufacturing explosives, bombs, and suicide belts at the offices of the Islamic Workers Union in Ramallah, where there was also a hiding place for the cell's weapons. He established an explosives laboratory where he, along with two of his associates, produced explosives, suicide belts, planned the development of remote-controlled devices, and participated in attempts to produce silencers for guns and Qassam rockets. Based on the knowledge he acquired, he manufactured the suicide belts and explosives for attacks, recruited operatives, directed the cell's activities, and prepared the suicide bombers before they went out to carry out attacks. He was responsible for, among other things, three lethal bombing attacks between 2003-2004: ● A suicide attack in Tzrifin on September 9, 2003, in which 7 people were murdered and 14 others were wounded. ● A suicide attack at Cafe Hillel in Jerusalem on September 9, 2003, in which 7 people were murdered and 70 others were wounded. ● A bombing attack on Har Zion Boulevard in Tel Aviv in July 2004, in which a female soldier was murdered and 24 civilians were wounded. When arrested, explosives, weapons, and bombs were found in his possession. During the interrogations of cell members, it was revealed that he was engaged in recruiting additional suicide bombers and planning additional attacks beyond those the cell had carried out. After his imprisonment, he serves as a member of Hamas leadership in prison.