Nahal Brigade
Hasson was born in Tel Aviv and raised in Rishon LeZion. His parents were Tunisian Jewish immigrants. He attended junior high school at the David Raziel youth village, a boarding school in Herzliya, and joined the Betar movement at age 16. He completed his high school studies with a biological course at the Jabotinsky youth village in Be'er Ya'akov. Before joining the IDF, he spent a Service Year volunteering with at risk adolescent children. He served in the IDF as a Staff Sergeant for the Shlomo Ben Yosef Kernel, Battalion 905 of the Nahal Brigade.