Israeli police and forensic experts search for evidence at the Gilboa Prison, northern Israel, Sept. 6, 2021, after six Palestinian prisoners escaped from their cell by digging an underground tunnel. (Photo by Gil Eliyahu/JINI via Xinhua )
JERUSALEM, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- This is the real-life Palestinian version of the popular American prison drama TV series Prison Break!
Israeli police have been launching a massive manhunt in northern Israel since Sept. 6 for six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from the Gilboa Prison, a high-security Israeli prison, by digging an underground tunnel from their cell. The six Palestinians include five members of the Islamic Jihad and a former senior commander in Fatah's armed wing, the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade.
Israeli police search for evidence outside the Gilboa Prison in northern Israel, on Sept. 6, 2021, after six Palestinian prisoners escaped. (Photo by Gil Eliyahu/JINI via Xinhua)
The photo taken on Sept. 6, 2021 shows a hole on a field which leads to an underground tunnel allegedly used by six Palestinian prisoners to escape from the Gilboa Prison, northern Israel. (Photo by Gil Eliyahu/JINI via Xinhua)
A large number of Israeli police cars are seen gathering at the Gilboa Prison in northern Israel after six Palestinian prisoners escaped, on Sept. 6, 2021. (Photo by Gil Eliyahu/JINI via Xinhua )
Israeli police special forces launch a massive manhunt for six escaped Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Arab village of Naura, on Sept. 7, 2021. (Photo by Gil Eliyahu/JINI via Xinhua)
Israeli police special forces launch a massive manhunt for six escaped Palestinian prisoners in the Israeli Arab village of Naura, on Sept. 7, 2021. (Photo by Gil Eliyahu/JINI via Xinhua)
Israeli police search a field for six escaped Palestinian prisoners near Beit She'an, Israel, on Sept. 7, 2021. (Photo by Gil Eliyahu/JINI via Xinhua)
Israeli police search a car at a checking point amid a massive manhunt for six escaped Palestinian prisoners near Beit She'an, Israel, on Sept. 7, 2021. (Gil Eliyahu/JINI via Xinhua)
Israeli police search cars at a checking point amid a massive manhunt for six escaped Palestinian prisoners near Beit She'an, Israel, on Sept. 7, 2021. (Photo by Gil Eliyahu/JINI via Xinhua)
Israeli security forces check the documents of Palestinian laborers returning home from work in Israel amid a manhunt for six escaped Palestinian prisoners, at the village of Muqeibila near the West Bank town of Jenin, on Sept. 6, 2021. (Photo by Muammar Awad/Xinhua)■
