What specific claims has the Green Prince made about events in Gaza and when were they made?

1. The core claim: “Hamas must be destroyed / uprooted now”

Yousef has explicitly argued that Israel should launch decisive military action against Hamas in Gaza, saying “Hamas has to be tackled at its roots, uprooted once and for all, and now is the perfect moment to deal with Hamas militarily in Gaza” and that “To get to peace with the Palestinians, Israel needs to go to war against Hamas in Gaza, and fast” in interviews published as early as 2014 ^[1]. That 2014 framing has resurfaced in his later public appearances where he reiterates the need for confronting Hamas as a prerequisite for peace ^{[2] [3]}.

2. Atrocities and indoctrination: claims about Hamas’s ideology and education

In 2025 appearances and commentary, Yousef repeatedly described Hamas not simply as a military adversary but as an ideological movement that “seeks to replace Jews and Christians,” and he accused Hamas of teaching Palestinian children to “glorify death,” of antisemitic content in textbooks, and even of distributing Mein Kampf in Gaza schools — statements reported in several outlets covering his 2025 remarks ^{[2] [3] [7]}. These are categorical, high-impact assertions about education and socialization in Gaza that Yousef has used to argue Hamas’s dangerous nature ^[3].

3. On Hamas leadership and hostages: proximity, value language, and exile

Reporting from September 2025 records a meeting between Mosab Yousef and former hostage Emily Damari in which Damari said she had been held near Hamas commander Izz al-Din al-Haddad, who allegedly called hostages “gold” and might accept exile in a deal (Damari’s claim reported while she was meeting Yousef) — the article presents Damari’s account as new details she shared with Yousef rather than a direct quotation attributed to Yousef himself ^{[4] [5]}. Available sources do not quote Yousef as making the “gold” or exile claim directly; they document his hosting of the conversation and his presence while those claims were recounted ^{[4] [5]}.

4. Accusations about regional actors: Qatar “double game” and other diplomatic critiques

At a September 2025 Diplomatic Conference, Yousef told The Jerusalem Post that Qatar was “playing a double game,” a critique repeated in conference coverage that frames him as a vocal critic of Gulf actors he sees as enabling or softening toward Hamas ^[6]. His regional commentary fits a longstanding pattern: beyond calling for military action, Yousef critiques external patrons and mediators whom he views as complicit or strategically ambiguous ^{[6] [2]}.

5. Venues and timing: where and when these claims surfaced

Key timestamps in the available reporting: the “destroy Hamas now” exhortation appeared in a 2014 Times of Israel profile ^[1]; multiple articles from mid- to late-2025 (August–September 2025) cover Yousef’s speeches at museum and conference events and his 2025 media appearances where he repeated claims about Hamas’s atrocities and indoctrination ^{[2] [3] [6]}. A September 22, 2025 meeting between Yousef and former hostage Emily Damari is covered by several outlets; those pieces record Damari’s testimony and note Yousef’s role as interlocutor ^{[4] [5]}.

6. What reporting corroborates — and what it does not

Multiple 2025 publications quote Yousef directly on Hamas’s ideology and the need to uproot the group, showing consistency across venues ^{[2] [3]}. The report of hostages being called “gold” and possible leadership willingness to accept exile is presented as Damari’s testimony heard while meeting Yousef; that specific claim is not attributed to Yousef himself in the provided reporting ^{[4] [5]}. Available sources do not provide independent documentary evidence in these excerpts for textbook content claims or for the alleged distribution of Mein Kampf; they report Yousef’s assertions and the exhibitions or museum contexts where he made them ^{[2] [3]}.

7. Competing perspectives and context

Yousef’s framing is categorical and securitized — he advocates military uprooting and emphasizes ideological culpability ^{[1] [2]}. Other reporting in the set focuses on diplomatic efforts (for example, ceasefire diplomacy and Saudi–US engagement over Gaza reconstruction) and stresses stabilization, reconstruction and regional bargaining — a policy-oriented counterpoint that privileges political and economic solutions over immediate destruction narratives ^{[8] [9]}. The sources together highlight a policy debate: Yousef’s calls for eradication versus other actors’ emphasis on ceasefire, reconstruction and regional settlement ^{[1] [9]}.

Limitations: this summary relies only on the supplied excerpts and links; available sources do not contain verbatim transcripts of every speech or every day-to-day claim by Yousef, nor do they supply independent verification for every factual allegation he makes ^{[4] [2] [3]}.