[Al Arabiya Latest] The son of a Hamas founder was a key mole for Israeli intelligence inside the Islamist movement, helping thwart dozens of attacks, an Israeli newspaper reported Wednesday.Mosab Hassan Yousef, 32, the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef was codenamed "The Green Prince" by his handlers in the Shin Bet internal intelligence agency, according to the Haaretz daily.
The article was based on extracts of a book, "Son of Hamas", co-written by Yousef, who converted to Christianity 10 years ago and now lives in California. The book is set to be published in the U.S. next week.
The revelations, if true, are a further blow to Hamas, and its shadowy military wing. They follow accusations that an informer within the group aided the killers of a top Hamas operative in Dubai, an assassination widely blamed on Israel's Mossad but for which no evidence has been made public.
Hamas and Yousef's father denied he could have had any access to sensitive information.