Six Palestinian prisoners made a tunnel and escaped from a high-security Israeli prison.They include Zakaria Zubeidi, a key militant leader.Israeli forces have launched an extensive search for the escaped Palestinian prisoners.
Jerusalem Report
According to reports from Jerusalem, the group of Palestinian prisoners escaped from the Gilboa prison in northern Israel just before sunrise on Monday, September 6.
According to the Israeli Department of Prisons, authorities were fully alerted after the prisoners escaped.When locals suddenly spotted some "suspicious people" outside the Gilboa prison around 3 am.
Israeli prison department
The Israeli prison department confirmed the Palestinians' escape in a statement, saying the escaped prisoners included Zakaria Zubeidi.A former Palestinian militant leader who has been a frequent victim of unrest in the occupied West Bank.The city is from Jenin.
Police, army and secret service search for escaped prisoners
According to a statement issued by the Prisons Department, police, the country's army and spies from the Shin Bet.The Israeli secret service responsible for internal security, are searching for the escaped Palestinian prisoners.For this purpose, temporary checkpoints have been set up in and around Gilboa and security forces' spy dogs are being used to search for the detainees.
Israeli media Reports
Israeli media have reported that the escaped prisoners may have returned to the Palestinian territory in the West Bank.Which has been under Israeli occupation since 1967.The military says it has deployed troops in the West Bank to search for the six Palestinians and is ready for any action.
Israeli authorities also released video footage following the incident.Which showed prison officials and other security personnel inspecting a very narrow tunnel.
The escaped prisoners built the tunnel under a washbasin used for washing their mouths, from where it goes far underground.
The Palestinians escaped from Gilboa's prison just hours before the start of a major Jewish New Year's holiday.
Israeli PM's Response
In a statement, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett described the escape of Palestinian prisoners from a prison in the country's top security district as a "very serious incident."
According to officials, there was also a danger that the inmates would not have built more tunnels in the jail, mostly due to security-related crimes.As a result, all 400 inmates at Gilboa Prison have been carefully relocated since the incident.
Hamas praises escaped prisoners
Hamas, the Palestinian group that rules the besieged Gaza Strip, has called the escape of six Palestinian prisoners from the Gilboa prison a "courageous move" and a "real defeat" for the Israeli security system.
Gaza Strip
Islamic Jihad, one of the other major Palestinian armed groups after Hamas in the Gaza Strip, said in response that the "jailbreak was a major blow to the occupying forces."
Who is Zakaria Zubeidi?
Among those who escaped from the Gilboa prison is Zakaria Zubeidi, a former Palestinian militant leader.Former head of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade and a well-known figure for many Palestinians and Israelis.
Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank war crimes, United Nations
He was arrested in 2019 from a West Bank village on terrorism charges.Zubeidi has also been regularly accused by the Palestinian Authority of taking part in various armed attacks in the past.
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