Massive manhunt underway after 6 Palestinians escape Israeli prison
After six Palestinian prisoners escaped out of a high-security Israeli prison Monday by tunneling out, a massive search is underway.
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Police officers and situation guards inspect the country of a situation flight extracurricular the Gilboa situation successful Northern Israel, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. Israeli forces connected Monday launched a monolithic manhunt successful bluish Israel and the occupied West Bank aft six Palestinian prisoners escaped overnight from a high-security installation successful an highly uncommon breakout. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
Posted at 6:08 PM, Sep 06, 2021
and past updated 2021-09-06 19:08:00-04
After six Palestinian prisoners escaped retired of a high-security Israeli situation Monday by tunneling out, a monolithic hunt is underway.
According to the Washington Post, 5 of the prisoners are members of the militant radical Islamic Jihad, portion the sixth captive is simply a commandant successful the militant helping of Fatah.
The Associated Press reported that the prisoners escaped from the Gilboa Prison, and the flight is considered an embarrassing information breach, which Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called a "grave incident."
According to the AP, Israeli information forces acceptable up roadblocks and moved 400 prisoners arsenic a precaution.
The AP reported that the astir known escapee is Zakaria Zubeidi.
According to the AP, 4 of the 5 Jihad members were serving beingness sentences.
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