Yesterday, Friday, the Israeli occupation forces arrested two of the six prisoners who escaped from Gilboa prison a few days ago, while several demonstrations took place to support them in the West Bank and in the Palestinian camps in Lebanon, and gunmen opened fire at a checkpoint in the West Bank.
Israeli media have published pictures of the arrest of the two prisoners, Mahmoud al-Ardah and Yaqoub Qadri, who belong to the Islamic Jihad movement.
Al-Jazeera correspondent said that the arrest of the two prisoners took place near Jabal al-Qafzeh, south of Nazareth, where extensive searches were carried out on Friday afternoon.
wide chase
At dawn last Monday, 6 detainees, all of them residents of Jenin governorate in the northern West Bank, managed to escape through a tunnel from the high-security Gilboa Prison.
One of the escaped prisoners is Zakaria al-Zubaidi, a member of the Revolutionary Council of the Palestinian National Liberation Movement (Fatah), and the remaining five belong to the Islamic Jihad movement, and they are: Mujahid Yaqoub Nafi'at, Muhammad Qasim al-Ardah, Yaqoub Mahmoud Qadri, Ayham Fouad Kammaji, and Mahmoud Abdullah al-Ardah .
The Israeli forces have been carrying out a large-scale pursuit operation since the escape of the six prisoners, and the Israeli army announced on Wednesday evening the deployment of new military reinforcements in the occupied West Bank.
Al-Jazeera correspondent reported that an Israeli helicopter was conducting search and combing operations in the Marj Ibn Amer area, south of Nazareth, and criminal investigation officers began raising evidence they found in an agricultural field, at a time when the Israeli police deployed checkpoints in the area witnessing intense security reinforcements.
A missile from Gaza and an attack in the West Bank
Hours after the arrest of the two escaped prisoners, militants in the Gaza Strip fired a missile at Israel, which was intercepted by the Iron Dome system, the Israeli army said.
Sirens sounded, but there were no reports of damage or injuries.
Islamic Jihad spokesman Daoud Shehab held Israel "responsible for the lives of the two released prisoners who were arrested."
On the other hand, Palestinian gunmen opened fire, on Friday evening, at an Israeli checkpoint in the north of the occupied West Bank, after announcing the re-arrest of the fleeing prisoners.
Media sources said that Palestinian gunmen opened fire and threw homemade bombs at the Al-Jalama checkpoint in the Jenin governorate, north of the occupied West Bank, before they withdrew.
Victory rallies
Demonstrations took place in several areas of the occupied West Bank, following the announcement of the arrest of the two prisoners.
In the Jenin governorate, Palestinian youths organized a march in the town of Arraba, which reached the house of the captive Al-Adra, to express their solidarity with the family, before heading for another march to the village of Bir Al-Basha, the birthplace of the captive Qadri.
As for the city of Ramallah in the central West Bank, dozens of young men gathered in the center of the city and set out for a march that roamed its streets, chanting slogans expressing their solidarity with the prisoners.
In the southern West Bank, young men marched in Aida camp in Bethlehem, chanting angry slogans and expressing their solidarity with the prisoners.
On Friday, Palestinian camps and gatherings in Lebanon witnessed a series of popular movements and demonstrations, as part of what it called "Friday of Grabbing Freedom", in support of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli prisons.
These moves came in response to the call of the Palestinian factions in Lebanon to consider Friday, September 10, a day of massive popular anger, in support and joy for the liberation of the six prisoners from the Israeli Gilboa prison.
Ain al-Hilweh camp in Sidon (south) witnessed a massive solidarity sit-in, in support of the Palestinian prisoners in the face of the Israeli campaign of repression targeting them inside their prisons, and "in defense of the prisoners of freedom, the heroes of the Liberation Tunnel."
In the city of Tire (south), the Rashidieh, Al-Bass and Al-Burj Al-Shemali refugee camps witnessed popular sit-ins and sit-ins, in support of the Palestinian prisoners and to demand the protection of the prisoners who were able to free themselves from the prisons of the occupation.
Factional solidarity
In the same context, Palestinian factions in Iqlim al-Kharroub (south) organized popular sit-ins in support of the liberated prisoners who are still languishing in Israeli prisons.
In Burj al-Barajneh camp in the capital, Beirut, dozens of camp residents participated in a demonstration of solidarity with the prisoners.
The leader of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Lebanon, Abu Wissam Munawwar, praised, in a speech during the sit-in, "the prisoners who took their freedom with their own hands," pointing out that there are prisoners who are still in prisons subjected to the most severe forms of torture and must stand by them.
In the same context, the camps of North Lebanon for Palestinian refugees witnessed similar movements, especially in the Nahr al-Bared and Beddawi camps.
The participants in the movements raised the Palestinian flag and pictures of the prisoners, chanting slogans that hold the Israeli occupation authorities fully responsible for their lives.
The city of Tripoli (north) witnessed a solidarity stand at the headquarters of the "Arab Nasserites" movement, at the invitation of the Palestinian forces and parties, in protest against the policy of abuse pursued by the Israeli occupation authorities against the prisoners.
take responsibility
Both the Palestinian Prisoners' Club and the Fatah movement held Israel responsible for any harm caused to the two Palestinian prisoners who were re-arrested.
"We hold the occupation responsible for any harm that may occur against the two prisoners who have been re-arrested," Qadura Fares, head of the Palestinian Prisoners Club, told Anadolu Agency.
Fares called on the International Red Cross in particular to visit them and reassure them that they are not subject to an investigation that includes physical torture.
He stressed that the two prisoners "will be subject to a harsh investigation, because Israel has hundreds of questions and wants quick answers to them."
In turn, the Fatah movement held the Israeli government responsible for the lives of the two prisoners and warned of the repercussions of harming them.
In a statement, it called on the international community and human rights organizations to intervene to provide protection for the prisoners inside the occupation prisons and to stop the occupation attack being carried out on them.