Israel occupation sources stated that six Palestinian prisoners, senctenced to life imporisonment, managed to escape from the heavily fortified Jalbou prison in the north of occupied Palestine. 

Haaretz Newspaper reported that the six prisoners were in a cell. Five prisoners were activists in the Islamic Jihad movement and the sixth was an activist in Fatah’s al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades

Israeli occupation media published a photo of the tunnel the prisoners used for escape, and noted that large troops of the Israeli occupation forces are still searching for them with helicopters. 

Haaretz said that the 10-meter tunnel was dug during the recent months. It also added that the security bodies’ have concern, in this phase, over two levels: Fear that the prisoners might conduct resistance operations and fear that they might flee through the Jordanian borders.