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Top Hamas official in West Bank faces incitement charges in Israel

Sheikh Hassan Yousef, commander of Hamas' operations in Judea and Samaria, was arrested in late 2020 on suspicions of terrorist activity.

by  Efrat Forsher
Published on  01-02-2022 11:14
Last modified: 01-02-2022 12:12
Top Hamas official in West Bank faces incitement charges in IsraelReuters/Mohamad Torokman

Hamas co-founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef | File photo: Reuters/Mohamad Torokman

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The investigation into suspected terrorist activities by Sheikh Hassan Yousef, commander of Hamas operations in Judea and Samaria, has been completed, the Israel Police announced on Sunday.

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Yousef will remain in custody until an indictment is filed against him next week.

Yousef, who is a co-founder of the terrorist organization, was arrested on Dec. 13 in the town of Beitunia, just west of Ramallah, where he lives.

Yousef's remand kept being extended to give time for law enforcement to investigate the allegations. He will remain in custody until Jan. 6.

The investigation began after the November terrorist attack in the Old City of Jerusalem by Hamas terrorist Fadi Abu Shahidam, in which 26-year-old Eliyahu David Kay, a recent immigrant from South Africa, was killed. The perpetrator was shot dead.

The investigation revealed that Yousef visited Shahidam's family after the attack to pay his respects and praise his actions.

Yousef's son, 39-year-old Mosab Hassan Yousef, was an agent for the Shin Bet security agency for over 10 years. He converted to Christianity nearly two decades ago and moved to the United States in 2007, where he published Son of Hamas, an autobiography in which he describes his experiences assisting Israel's anti-terror operations. Yousef's second son, Suheib Yousef, later also fled the terrorist group calling Hamas "a racist terrorist organization that is dangerous for the Palestinian people."

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