Ramallah, June 12 -- Israel has released Hassan Yousef, a co-founder of Hamas and one of the movement's most prominent figures in the occupied West Bank, after more than two years in administrative detention.

His son, Owais Yousef, told AFP that he was released near Hebron and later transferred to a hospital in Ramallah.

Photos and videos shared after his release showed the 71-year-old with a bandaged hand and one arm in a sling. The cause of the injury was not immediately known.

Yousef had been in Israeli custody since October 19, 2023, when he was arrested at his home near Ramallah during a wider campaign against Hamas members in the West Bank following the October 7 attack and the outbreak of the Gaza war.

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