Israeli Troops Secure MASSIVE Win Against Terrorist Group... This Is Huge Reports indicate that Israeli troops have just confirmed the capture of Hassan Yusef. Yusef is one of the top leaders of the Islamist group Hamas in West Bank. He was reportedly arrested in an overnate raid near Ramallah. Yusef has been arrested and imprisoned several times in the past, the Israeli army noted. He has actively initiated and incited terrorism and publicly encouraged attacks on Israelis. Yusef is also confirmed to have been a founding member of Hamas in the late 1980s. 