Israeli police catch two of six Palestinian jail escapees
A videograb shows police pinning down a convict.
The Israeli army radio announced that "two Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Gilboa prison few days ago were arrested," stressing that Mahmoud Aradeh and Yakub Kadari are the two prisoners who were arrested, near Jabal Al-Qafzeh, south of Nazareth.
The six were held in the same cell, and it was reported that they escaped through a tunnel they had dug over a period of several months.
The Israeli Prison Service published photos and videos showing a narrow tunnel dug under a sink in the bathroom of a cell.
The Israeli army said in a statement that its forces helped in the pursuit of prisoners who escaped from Gilboa prison and that it allocated planes to carry out surveillance missions.
