Hamas West Bank leader given six-month detention without trial

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Mon, 2019-04-08 14:54

JERUSALEM: Israel on Monday handed down a six-month detention order without trial for a West Bank leader of Palestinian group Hamas, his family and an Israeli intelligence service said.
Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of Hamas, was arrested on April 2 at his home in the occupied West Bank, according to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club NGO.
He was given a six-month administrative detention order Monday, his family said.
The Israeli Shin Bet intelligence service confirmed the decision.
Yousef had been released from a previous imprisonment in October 2018.

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