The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/mosab-hassan-yousef/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:37:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Mosab Hassan Yousef | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/mosab-hassan-yousef/ 32 32 Hamas co-founder in West Bank released without charge after 2.5 years in Israeli jail https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-co-founder-in-west-bank-released-without-charge-after-2-5-years-in-israeli-jail/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 19:00:51 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=liveblog_entry&p=3841374 Hassan Yousef was put in administrative detention for latest time days after Oct. 7; his eldest son was a Shin Bet informant for 10 years, wrote about experience

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]]> ‘Son of Hamas’ Mosab Hassan Yousef: ‘If we finish Rafah, we finish Hamas’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/son-of-hamas-mosab-hassan-yousef-if-we-finish-rafah-we-finish-hamas/ Wed, 24 Apr 2024 02:32:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3272578 Back in the public sphere after Oct. 7, the former terror scion turned undercover Shin Bet agent laments how the Islamist group his father co-founded is tolerated in the West

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]]> ‘Son of Hamas’ in interview: Terrorists brought wrath of God with October 7 attack https://www.timesofisrael.com/son-of-hamas-in-interview-terrorists-brought-wrath-of-god-with-october-7-attack/ Sat, 28 Oct 2023 21:43:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3137713 In passionate conversation with UK TV journalist Piers Morgan, Mosab Hassan Yousef, the disowned son of Hamas co-founder, advocates for war to topple bloody regime

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]]> Hamas West Bank leader said freed from detention after 16 months https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-west-bank-leader-said-freed-from-detention-after-16-months/ Thu, 23 Jul 2020 15:43:43 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2353375 Hassan Yousef, co-founder of terror group and father to 'Son of Hamas,' said released without trial after arrest last year at Ramallah home

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]]> Second ‘son of Hamas’ leaves terror group, exposing corruption, Turkish spy ring https://www.timesofisrael.com/second-son-of-hamas-leaves-terror-group-exposing-corruption-turkish-spy-ring/ Thu, 04 Jul 2019 03:47:01 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2105906 Suheib Yousef, son of Hamas co-founder and brother of 'Green Prince' who secretly worked for Shin Bet, opens up to Israeli TV after also fleeing group; urges his father to resign

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]]> ‘Just trying to save lives’: 5 surreal days in Florida with the ‘Son of Hamas’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/just-trying-to-save-lives-5-surreal-days-in-florida-with-the-son-of-hamas/ Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:46:58 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1980410 A staggering series of events took Mosab Hassan Yousef from the home of the terror group's co-founder, to a decade as a Shin Bet agent, to speaking on behalf of Magen David Adom

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]]> Is Abbas about to quit? Israel had better pray he isn’t https://www.timesofisrael.com/is-abbas-about-to-quit-israel-had-better-pray-he-isnt/ Sat, 08 Aug 2015 13:29:56 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1229784 Rumors abound that the PA chief could step down next month. Many hardliners might say, 'Who needs him anyway?' The answer: Israel does

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]]> A day before arson attack, Hamas leader said he sought calm https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-day-before-arson-attack-hamas-leader-said-he-sought-calm/ Fri, 31 Jul 2015 11:04:10 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1224700 His pro-Israel son, the Green Prince, has warned against ceasefires with Hamas, but Sheikh Hassan Yousef said long-term truce was possible if Israel recognized 'Palestinian rights'

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]]> ‘Israeli kindness changed my life,’ says Hamas escapee in Canada https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-kindness-changed-my-life-says-hamas-escapee/ Tue, 06 Jan 2015 02:55:42 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1116618 Gay, Christian-convert son of a Palestinian militant family tells Times of Israel he found compassion where he least expected it, and most needed it

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]]> Destroy Hamas in Gaza now, urges the ‘Green Prince’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/destroy-hamas-in-gaza-now-urges-the-green-prince/ Tue, 25 Nov 2014 10:30:04 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1097047 Israel's ceasefire policy with Hamas is fundamentally mistaken, says the son of the Islamist group's West Bank chief. It simply gives Hamas time to rearm, when it can and must be urgently uprooted

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]]> Hamas defector slams ‘death worship’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/hamas-defector-slams-death-worship/ Sun, 27 Jul 2014 20:38:10 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=1037084 'Green Prince' Mosab Hassan Yousef says terror organization's goal is an Islamic state built on the rubble of other civilizations

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]]> The ‘Son of Hamas’ returns to Tel Aviv https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-son-of-hamas-returns-to-tel-aviv/ Fri, 16 May 2014 07:56:15 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=981898 Avi Issacharoff meets up again with Mosab Hassan Yousef, the 'Green Prince' whose life-saving role as an Israeli agent he first uncovered

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]]> After dark days, Hamas is making a comeback https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-dark-days-hamas-makes-comeback/ Fri, 28 Mar 2014 08:15:52 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=931176 On 10th anniversary of founder's assassination, the Islamist movement's recently freed West Bank leader is feisty and confident in an interview

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]]> ‘The Green Prince’ snags Sundance award https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-green-prince-snags-sundance-award/ Sun, 26 Jan 2014 18:26:41 +0000 http://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=846092 Israeli documentary on Hamas founder's son who spied for Jewish state for over a decade garners critical acclaim

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