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Six Palestinian Prisoners Escape a High-Security Prison in Israel

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Six Palestinian prisoners broke free from a high-security facility, Gilboa Prison,  in northern Israel launching a massive manhunt.

Police officers and prison guards inspect the scene of a prison escape outside the Gilboa prison in northern Israel, Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. Israeli forces on Monday launched a massive manhunt in northern Israel and the occupied West Bank after several Palestinian prisoners escaped overnight from a high-security facility in an extremely rare breakout. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Israeli police say they are searching northern Israel and the occupied West Bank after six Palestinian prisoners escaped.

Multiple Israeli agencies were erecting roadblocks, conducting patrols and moving hundreds of other prisoners.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called the development a “grave incident” that required maximum effort by the country’s forces. The police said on Monday that the prisoners escaped from Gilboa, which is supposed to be one of Israel’s most secure facilities.

The men were believed to have been headed for Jenin, where the internationally recognized Palestinian Authority wields little control.

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