Hamas co-founder Hassan Yousef released
Photo: Nasser ShiyoukhiAP/TT

Hamas co-founder Hassan Yousef released by Israel after two years in administrative detention

A prominent Hamas leader in the occupied West Bank was released by Israeli authorities after being detained without trial for two years, his son says.

71-year-old Hassan Yousef, who co-founded Hamas in the 1980s, was released near Hebron and has since been taken to a hospital, his son Owais Yousef told AFP.

Hassan Yousef was arrested in October 2023, shortly after the Hamas attack on Israel that sparked the war in Gaza, and placed in “administrative detention,” a criticized Israeli practice that allows Palestinians to be imprisoned without formal charges.

Yousef has been imprisoned by Israel several times before, most recently being released in July 2020 after 16 months in administrative detention.

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AuthorTT News AgencyEnglish edition by Sweden Herald, adapted for our readers
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