Israel arrests four of six escapees from Gilboa prison in two days

The story had made a comeback on social networks, but for 4 of the 6 escapees from Gilboa prison in northern Israel on Monday, the run was over.

The Israeli authorities had arrested Friday evening in Nazareth, two members of the Islamic Jihad including Mahmoud Ardah presented by some local media as the architect of the escape.

This Saturday morning, two other people were arrested including Zakaria Al-Zoubeidi, the former head of the armed wing of the secular Fatah party in the Jenin camp.The two men were found in an Arab village, about ten kilometers away. is from Nazareth.

The fugitives fled through a tunnel dug under a sink and leading outside the penitentiary.

Since then, a gigantic manhunt has been launched by the Jewish state comprising police, soldiers and agents of the powerful Israeli internal security service. Roadblocks have been erected in the West Bank and near the Gaza Strip.

Increased tensions

Shortly after the announcement of the first arrests, a rocket was fired from the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian enclave controlled by the Islamists of Hamas, but from which the Islamic Jihad also operates. ”In retaliation, the army carried out raids night aerials in the Gaza Strip.

Amid tensions, a Palestinian on Friday attempted to stab an Israeli policeman in the Old City of Jerusalem, before being shot dead, police say

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