Sheikh Hassan Yousef

Israel releases Hamas co-founder, father of 'Green Prince,' after more than two years of detention

Yousef is a senior leader of Hamas in the West Bank, having co-founded the group in 1987 along with Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and other Palestinian members of the Muslim Brotherhood.

|ByMAYA ZANGER-NADIS
Palestinians greet and congratulate Hassan Yousef (center), Hamas co-founder, following his release on January 19, 2014 after spending 28 months in Israel's Ofer prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah.
Mosab Hassan Yousef at the Jerusalem Post 2019 Annual Conference.

Hamas founder's son calls for Israel to kill his father if hostages not released

"I made a mistake, 10 or 15 years ago when I saved his life many times," stressed the son of the Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
IDF soldiers arrest senior Hamas official Hassan Yousef

Palestinian killed in clashes with IDF troops

Senior Hamas official Sheikh Hassan Youssef re-arrested by Israel

|ByANNA AHRONHEIM, JERUSALEM POST STAFF