The Israeli occupation forces stormed at dawn, Wednesday, a number of villages and towns in Jenin, in search of the 6 Palestinians who broke out of Gilboa Prison.

Palestinian media sources reported that the occupation forces launched a campaign of arrests of the escapees’ relatives.

#صورة من اقتحام الاحتلال لمناطق في جنين بحثاً عن الأسرى الستة، الليلة الماضية. pic.twitter.com/ZN1JWcK0Hy

— المركز الفلسطيني للإعلام (@PalinfoAr) September 8, 2021

The Quds News Network stated that the occupation forces stormed the town of Ya'bad and arrested Yaqoub Nafi'at, the father of prisoner Munadel Nafi'at, Raddad al-Arida, the brother of prisoner Mahmoud al-Arida, and Bassem Qassem al-Arida, the brother of prisoner Mohammad al-Arida, from the town of Arraba.

For her part, Al Mayadeen reporter said that the occupation forces are putting in place checkpoints in Jenin, the West Bank, and Haifa in search of the escapees, adding that the occupation forces searched shops and cars, and confiscated surveillance cameras.

The Israeli occupation forces also stormed the villages of 'Anin, 'Arbouna, al-Jalmah, and the Arraba Plain, south of Jenin, deployed an infantry division, and launched a wide search campaign, after intensifying their presence and deploying military reinforcements in the Governorate, not to mention putting in place checkpoints in Haifa, Afula, and Na’ura.

مصادر محلية: قوات كبيرة من جيش الاحتلال برفقة كلاب بوليسية تنفذ أعمال تمشيط وتفتيش في عدة مناطق قرب الجدار الفاصل بمحيط قرى تتبع لبلدة يعبد جنوب غرب جنين، تزامناً مع تحليق طيران الاستطلاع.

— وكالة شهاب للأنباء (@ShehabAgency) September 7, 2021

According to Israeli website Walla, 3 young men from the town of Na'ura near Afula were arrested on suspicion of assisting the 6 Palestinian prisoners who managed to escape from Gilboa Prison.

Tuesday, Palestinian Resistance factions called for taking in and embracing the prisoners who managed to break out of Gilboa Prison, warning against Israeli retaliatory measures. 

Saraya al-Quds (Al-Quds Brigades), the military wing of the Islamic Jihad Movement, confirmed that it will not allow the Israeli forces to carry on in their aggression against the prisoners, emphasizing that the Resistance’s options in this respect are open.

In an exclusive message to Al Mayadeen, the prisoners confirmed that the occupation initiated a series of retaliatory collective punishments in all prisons.