Israeli security summons Hamas leader in the West Bank for questioning

Israeli security on Wednesday evening called on the leader of the Hamas movement in the West Bank, Hassan Yousef, to question him in a military camp near Ramallah.

Yousef said in remarks to Turkey’s Anadolu news agency that “the Israeli security has summoned me this evening [Wednesday] to meet with investigators from the Israeli General Security Service, Shin Bet, on Thursday at the Israeli Ofer military camp”.

Yousef said the step marks Israeli efforts to intimidate him and thwart his movement’s support for Al-Aqsa Mosque in light of Israeli attempts to divide it.

Yousef said he expects anything and everything from the Israeli authorities, including the possibility of him being detained.

Yousef is a senior Hamas leader in the West Bank who has been arrested several times by Israeli security forces for leading the movement’s activity in the West Bank.