Gili Mossinson (; born 29 September 1978 in

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) is an Israeli

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player who played for several teams in the Israeli Basketball League including

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and

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. He came out as bisexual in 2016. Mossinson played for both Israel U18 (1996) and Israel U21 (1998), and played a single game in Israel's national basketball team, against Denmark. His father,

Yigal Mossinson Yigal Mossinson (; 25 December 1917 – 1 May 1994), also known as Igal Mossinsohn, Yigal Mosenzon and Yig'al Mosinzon, was an Israeli novelist, playwright, and inventor. He was the author of the Hasamba children's book series. Among his many aw ...

, was an author and playwright and laureate of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Authors.

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