Israeli security forces overnight Saturday-Sunday arrested the two remaining Palestinian security inmates who escaped from Gilboa prison in northern Israel nearly two weeks ago, the army said.
The arrests of the two dangerous fugitives — a week after the four other escaped prisoners were recaptured in northern Israel — brings to a close a massive manhunt following one of the worst jailbreaks in Israel’s history.
Iham Kamamji and Munadil Nafiyat, both members of the Islamic Jihad terror group, were apprehended in the West Bank city of Jenin, the Israel Defense Forces said early Sunday.
Palestinian media reports said there were exchanges of gunfire during the predawn arrest raid by Israeli special forces. There were no reports of Israeli or Palestinian casualties.
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