JERUSALEM: Israeli police claimed to have captured the last two of six Palestinian who had escaped from a maximum security prison more than 10 days ago, saying the two men were found in the eastern district of Jenin city.
“The chase ended successfully in a joint operation of the IDF, the Public Security Service and the Special Police Forces tonight in the city of Jenin. The two terrorists who escaped from the prison were arrested,” Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee said.
“The two saboteurs surrendered, Nayef Kamamji and Munadel Yacoub Infeiat, after the army and police surrounded the house they hid inside in Jenin.”
Following the Sept. 6 escape from Gilboa prison, two of the men were caught on Sept. 10, with two more captured the next day.
The Israeli army spokesman posted photos on Twitter of the last two prisoners during their arrest on Sunday.
The six Palestinian broke out of the maximum security Israeli prison in a Hollywood-style escape that left their jailors peering through a hole in the floor of a cell using spoons, plates and even the handle of a kettle, and had Palestinians celebrating in the streets.
Two were recaptured on September 10, and another two more the next day. Their lawyers have said the men began work on the tunnel last December.
Five of the fugitives belonged to the Islamic Jihad movement and one is a former commander of an armed group affiliated with the mainstream Fatah party.
Four were serving life sentences after their conviction on charges of planning or carrying out attacks that killed Israelis. Another man was held under a special detention order, and the sixth was awaiting a verdict in his trial.
