Security forces reportedly compared shoe of escaped security prisoner arrested in Nazareth to footprints outside nearby town, helping lead to capture of 2 more escapees
4 of the 6 fugitives from Gilboa jailbreak earlier in week now in Israeli custody; searches continue for remaining 2 escapees; PM holds assessment with security officials
Palestinians open fire, throw Molotov cocktails toward IDF checkpoint near Jenin; demonstrations held in a number of cities; PM said to hold security assessment
Captured fugitives identified as Yaquob Qadiri and Mahmoud al-Arida, both of Islamic Jihad. Al-Arida said to be the mastermind of escape; searches continue for remaining escapees
Two Prisons Service members to be questioned under caution; six escapees reportedly spent some 15 minutes next to a guard tower outside prison walls without being noticed
14 Prisons Service staff questioned over suspected involvement in helping the 6 men break out; terror group threatens response if Israel 'harms' its incarcerated members
Israel Prisons Service emerges as a weak link in Israel's security, with 6 inmates escaping through same structural defects used in a similar, failed attempt in 2014
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