At 2:14, the Beit She’an deputy police commander passed on those reports to Gilboa Prison. a police patrol vehicle arrived at the scene, and a second witness there reported seeing one suspicious figure.
A recording of the driver calling the police was played on Israeli TV and radio.Ĭhannel 12 news gave a slightly different timeline, saying a civilian phoned in a first report to police at 1: 49 a.m. A taxi driver spotted the suspects next to a nearby gas station wearing their brown prison uniforms and reported them to the police at 2:15 a.m., Haaretz said. Police only realized that the prisoners were missing two hours after they disappeared from Gilboa. Police officers and prison guards stand at the scene of a prison escape of six Palestinian terrorists outside the Gilboa prison in northern Israel, on September 6, 2021. It is being celebrated with “euphoria” among Palestinians, especially in the refugee camp of Jenin, the area from which all 6 come, where celebratory sweets were distributed on Monday morning. The escape is considered a highly symbolic success for the terror groups, security officials told Channel 12 news. Another four escapees were in jail for life in connection with deadly attacks against Israelis. All six are considered highly dangerous. The six escapees include Zakaria Zubeidi, a notorious commander in Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade terror group, who was in prison while on trial for two dozen crimes, including attempted murder. Zubeidi, 46, who has been detained since 2019, is one of six Palestinian security prisoners who escaped early on September 6, 2021, from an Israeli high-security facility. In this Decemphoto, Zakaria Zubeidi, a leader in Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade terror group in West Bank, is carried by supporters during a presidential campaign rally in support of Mahmoud Abbas, in Jenin.