Israeli forces launched a massive manhunt on Sept. 6 following the prison break of six “highly dangerous” Palestinian terrorists serving at a maximum security facility. The fugitives, five Islamic Jihad members and former senior commander Zakaria Zubeidi of the Israeli-designated terrorist group Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, escaped from Gilboa prison, located in the north of the country, through a tunnel dug beneath their cell’s drainage system. Israel Prison Service (IPS) Chief Arik Yaakov said the escapees appeared to have accessed passages formed by the prison’s construction after opening the hole from their cell’s toilet floor. “Six prisoners escaped by means of an opening that was discovered in their cell,” the IPS said in a statement, calling it an extremely rare breakout. Four of the men were serving life sentences for capital crimes. According to various local media reports, the fugitives were reportedly between the ages of 26 and 49 and were jailed …
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