World News | Israeli Police Catch 2 Palestinians Who Broke out of Prison
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Israeli police say they have caught two of the six Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison this week.
Jerusalem, Sep 10 (AP) Israeli police say they have caught two of the six Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison this week.
Police said the two were caught in northern Israel on Friday night. The announcement did not identify the prisoners or give any other details.
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The six Palestinians tunneled out of the Gilboa prison on Monday, setting off a furious manhunt across Israel and in the West Bank.
They include four members of the militant group Islamic Jihad who were serving life sentences as well as Zakaria Zubeidi, a well-known militant leader from the second Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s. All of the prisoners are from the nearby city of Jenin in the occupied West Bank.
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The escape has exposed major flaws in Israel's prison service and set off days of angry criticism and finger pointing. (AP)
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