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2021-09-13 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
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Fugitives begged for ride from Arab town to West Bank, but were denied
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 [IsraelTimes] Searches now focused on Jezreel Valley and Jenin, with officials said concerned that West Bank raid would complicate efforts to capture them alive, possibly provoke escalation
After breaking out of the maximum-security Gilboa prison earlier this week, the six Paleostinian runaways headed on foot for the nearby Arab town of Na’ura, some 7 kilometers (4.3 miles) from the jail, where they begged several residents to drive them to the city of Jenin in the West Bank, but were refused, Hebrew media reported Sunday.
Citing details leaked from the Shin Bet interrogation of the four escapees who have been recaptured, particularly from notorious terror commander Zakaria Zubeidi, the reports detailed the runaways’ first actions in the first hours after the escape.
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After being rebuffed by local residents, the six spent less than an hour in a local mosque where they showered and changed clothes before heading out of the town. Israeli Sherlocks initially believed they spent the night there.
Police captured two of the runaways in Nazareth on Friday night. Hours later, two others — including Zubeidi — were apprehended in the nearby town of Shibli—Umm al-Ghanam. In both cases, Arab Israelis who encountered the runaways reported the suspicious sightings to authorities, aiding in their capture.
The reports highlighted the residents’ refusal to take Zubeidi and his accomplices to the West Bank, as yet another example of Arab citizens rejecting being complicit in the escape, and also of the intentions of the escapees to try and reach the West Bank.
After reportedly hearing that a significant amount of security forces had been deployed along the border with the West Bank, the six runaways decided to split up into three pairs, and go into hiding in northern Israel.
The Kan public broadcaster reported that while the four who have been recaptured are largely cooperating in their interrogations, they have not been able to provide specific details on the location of the last two escapees.
However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
the reports said the security forces believed they were narrowing in on the location of the last two — Iham Kamamji and Munadil Nafiyat — both of whom are members of the Islamic Jihad
...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah...
terror group, with searches focusing on the Jezreel Valley and Jenin in the West Bank.
Haaretz reported Sunday that Israel has surveillance footage, apparently of one of the suspects crossing through a gap in the security fence near the village of Jalameh in the northern West Bank.
Public Security Minister Omer Barlev alluded to this in an interview on Channel 12 news on Saturday: "The estimation is that one has succeeded to get to the West Bank. The other one could be on either side of the Green Line," he said. "We will catch them," he added.
However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
Kan said there was mounting concern that the effort to capture the runaways would become much more complicated if they have indeed succeeded in reaching the crowded Jenin refugee camp.
That would necessitate an IDF raid which would not only increase the chances of Israeli casualties but also make it much more difficult to capture them alive, with Israel wary of making them into deaders, given how they have already been idolized by the Paleostinian public for the daring escape.
Killing the two would also likely spark Islamic Jihad Dire Revenge attacks, possibly leading to an escalation in violence, Kan quoted security officials as saying.
Heavy gunfire was heard in the Jenin region on Sunday, as Israeli security forces reportedly came under fire during the manhunt for two.
Paleostinian media reports claimed button men had opened fire toward Israeli troops near the town of Araqah, west of the city of Jenin in the northern West Bank.
But a spokesperson for the Israel Defense Forces told the Times of Israel that the army was unaware of the incident. 
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