Israeli forces capture last 2 Palestinian prison breakers in city of Jenin
The Israeli army said on Sunday that soldiers had captured the last two Palestinian prisoners of the six who escaped from a maximum-security prison two weeks ago. The two men were arrested by Israeli special forces during a raid in Jenin in the northern West Bank, according to the army and police.
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- Published Date: 09:45 | 19 September 2021
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Israeli forces have recaptured the last two escaped Palestinian prisoners following last week's jailbreak from a high-security prison, Israeli police said on Saturday.
In a statement, the police said that the two Palestinians [named Iham Kamamji and Monadel Infiat] were captured in the city of Jenin.
"The house where the two fugitives were staying was detected by the intelligence given by Israel's internal security service, Shin-Bet, and they were arrested by the Israeli forces without showing any resistance," the statement added.
Six Palestinian inmates tunnelled out of the high-security Gilboa Prison in northern Israel on Sept. 6. Israeli forces managed to capture four of them after a large-scale manhunt.
There are around 4,850 Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, including 41 women, 225 children, and 540 "administrative detainees," according to observers.
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