ALBAWABA – It’s a famous prison break that is being compared to the well-known movie the Shawshank Redemption. Only this is for real, in Israeli-occupied Palestine.
Six #Palestinian political prisoners have managed to escape from the high-security Israeli prison of Gilboa, near Nazareth, through a secret tunnel they had reportedly dug beneath the prison, Israeli police said.#FreedomTunnel #Palestinian pic.twitter.com/l0Hgm5XFd8
— Palestine Foundation | فلسطین فاؤنڈیشن پاکستان (@plf_pak) September 6, 2021
This morning, six Palestinian political prisoners managed to escape from a high-security Israeli prison in Gilboa near the Arab city of Nazareth. Social media is buzzing at the prison break which is termed as "a major failure of Israeli security".
Six Palestinian prisoners escape Israeli prison, manhunt underway https://t.co/QsOkTjNLTw
— Raul Gallego Abellan (@raulgaab) September 6, 2021
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— Shatha Nizar (@ShathaBo) September 6, 2021
A heroic act that shook the Israeli security system
#Escape_from_Gilboa_Prison #PrisonBreak #PalestinianPeople version ???✌️??✌️ https://t.co/HIjupf2HJX
The six prisoners planned their escape through a secret tunnel they have been digging for the last two years. The six Palestinians who live in the same cell took turns in digging the tunnel under the prison that is situated in the northern part of historical Palestine, according to the Israeli police.
This is the opening of the tunnel through which six #Palestinian political prisoners managed last night to escape from the high-security Israeli prison of Gilboa in the north of occupied #Palestine. pic.twitter.com/S32TvhpQ3s
— HudaFadil (@HudaFadil9) September 6, 2021
BREAKING | Six #Palestinian political prisoners have managed to escape from the high-security Israeli prison of Gilboa, near Nazareth, through a secret tunnel they had reportedly dug beneath the prison, Israeli police said. pic.twitter.com/zFYyAHVX9g
— Quds News Network (@QudsNen) September 6, 2021
Online sources have highlighted the names of six Palestinians, five of which are affiliated with Islamic Jihad movement while the sixth is a member of Fatah.
These are the six #Palestinian political prisoners who last night managed to escape the highly fortified Israeli prison of Gilboa through a secret tunnel they had miraculously dug. pic.twitter.com/h8SfLCGXlH
— RoolaAnwar (@RoolaAnwar5) September 6, 2021
The digging of the tunnel is being described as "miraculous", especially from a high-security Israeli prison which the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, quoting a Jewish official calling it “a profound failure to the Israeli security apparatus.”
The Israeli prison of Gilboa is one of Israel's most heavily fortified detention compounds. The escape of six #Palestinian political prisoners last night through a tunnel they had dug means a profound failure to the Israeli security apparatus, an Israeli official told Haaretz. pic.twitter.com/NevMornm4E
— HudaFadil (@HudaFadil9) September 6, 2021
Six Palestinian prisoners escape Israel's Gilboa prison through a tunnel. Among the runaways is Zakaria Zubeidi, the former leader of the Al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade, who is responsible for the 2002 attack at a Likud party office. https://t.co/z0XWLvk11H
— Ruslan Trad (@ruslantrad) September 6, 2021
Since the news broke out, Palestinians have reportedly been celebrating the prison escape by distributing candy in several cities.
We woke up today on the great news of six #Palestinian prisoners who managed to escape from the Galbo'a Israeli prison in the north of occupied #Palestine through a tunnel they dig over the past two years! This is what we can call a real Prison Break! pic.twitter.com/4CHiGzHjB8
— We Are Not Numbers #Gaza (@WeAreNotNumbers) September 6, 2021
Six Palestinian Prisoners Escape Israeli Prison Through Tunnel : Palestinians celebrate https://t.co/Cyn4g6iJ4O
— Joe Catron (@jncatron) September 6, 2021