After intending to protest detention conditions imposed following jailbreak from Gilboa Prison, group says demands have been 'met'; Israel Prisons Service refuses to comment
Public transport halts operations, airwaves go quiet and roads empty ahead of 25- hour Day of Atonement; 2,000 police deployed in Jerusalem, search for fugitives to go on
Islamic Jihad member Mahmoud al-Arida reportedly tells his lawyer that he and the 5 other fugitives followed the news coverage of the prison break using small radio devices
Inmates reportedly used plates and pan handles to burrow escape path and dumped excavated dirt in the sewer system, garbage cans, and hollow shafts they found in their wing
Public security minister warns country in 'a very sensitive situation' and anything could set off the area; police on high alert with 2,000 officers deployed in Jerusalem
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