Israel hands down a six-month administrative detention order for a West Bank leader of Palestinian terror group Hamas, his family and the Shin Bet intelligence service say.
Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of Hamas, was arrested on April 2 at his home in the West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club NGO.
Hamas official Hassan Yousef at his office in Ramallah, July 30, 2015. (Elhanan Miller/Times of Israel)
He was given a six-month administrative detention order today, his family says. The Shin Bet confirmed the decision.
Yousef had been released from a previous imprisonment in October 2018.
A co-founder of Hamas and a member of the defunct Palestinian parliament, 64-year-old Yousef has been arrested multiple times by Israel.
The administrative detention system allows Israel to detain prisoners for renewable six-month periods without charge. Israel says it allows authorities to hold suspects to prevent attacks while continuing to gather evidence, but critics and rights groups say the system is abused.
— with AFP
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