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Hassan Yousef (born 1955) is a Palestinian militant and co-founder of Hamas who currently serves as organization's leader in the West Bank. He is considered a member of Hamas' extremist faction and refrains from any talk of rapprochement between Israelis and Palestinians. [1] He is also considered one of the spiritual leaders of Hamas. [2]
Mosab Hassan Yousef was born in Ramallah, in the West Bank. His father, Sheikh Hassan Yousef, is a Hamas co-founder who spent many years in Israeli prisons as a result of his militant activities. [1] [15] His grandfather was an imam. [16] He is the oldest of five brothers and three sisters; in 2019, one of his brothers, Suheib Yousef, also left ...
He is also serving as the deputy leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip since 2017. On 16 October 2024, Sinwar was killed after leading Hamas for only two and a half months. In the aftermath, Khaled Mashal was performing duties again as acting de facto leader of Hamas, for the second time, until the new leader was elected. [26] [27] [28] [29]
An Israeli helicopter missile strike on a car in Gaza City killed Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi on April 17, 2004. Two bodyguards were also killed. The Hamas leadership went into hiding and ...
Sinwar was appointed leader of Hamas in the Gaza Strip in 2017. Born in the Khan Younis refugee camp in southern Gaza in 1962, to a family displaced during the Arab-Israeli war, he joined Hamas in ...
The Israeli military said Thursday it killed Hamas' leader, Yahya Sinwar, in an operation in Gaza. He was the architect of the October 7, 2023, attacks and a top target for Israel. Sinwar, 61, had ...
Hamas leader Killed by two wire-guided missiles fired by two Israeli helicopter gunships at his garden hut, also killing Taha Aal-Arrouj (37). His brother Izhaq Ahmed Sa’adeh (51), a peace activist, and his cousin Hamad Saleh Sa’adeh (29), were killed by a further missile as they rushed towards the rubble. A dozen people nearby were wounded.
More than 40 Palestinians have been killed in 15 Israeli air strikes across the Gaza Strip, according to the territory's Hamas-run Civil Defence service. The chief of Gaza's police force and his ...