Palestinian prisoners

Drones smuggling weapons, drugs from Egypt pose serious risk to Israeli security

Arab affairs expert Ruth Wasserman Lande, the former deputy ambassador to Cairo, told The Jerusalem Post that the released terrorists in Egypt posed a local and regional threat.

A GUN being smuggled from the West Bank to east Jerusalem, found by Israel Police, February 15, 2026.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general Conference of Fatah Youth in Ramallah, with a backdrop including a portrait of Abbas and Yasser Arafat, November 27, 2025; illustrative.

PA drafts constitution, omits Jewish ties to Jerusalem, calls for Sharia legal system

An Israel Prison Service officer at Ketziot Prison watches as Palestinian prisoners are prepared for release in exchange for Israeli hostages held by Gazan terrorists, February 26, 2025; illustrative.

'We are never full': Palestinian prisoners claim they received little food in Israeli prisons

New Military Advocate-General Itai Offir speaks during his swearing-in ceremony, November 27, 2025

IDF new chief lawyer not reached a decision on Sde Teiman alleged sexual assault, 'Post' learns


Kohavi: Plans are ready should we need to operate in Jenin

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi warned that the military is ready to operate in Jenin if necessary, as soldiers 'have a good feeling' that they are close to capturing the last two escaped fugitives.

 An IDF soldier searches for the escaped fugitives near Jenin

Palestinian prisoners suspend hunger strike

The Palestinian Prisoners Club announced that the mass prisoner hunger strike that was supposed to begin on Friday has been suspended after their demands were met by Israeli authorities.

Palestinian Islamic Jihad militants attend a military parade in Gaza October 19, 2016.

Palestinian security prisoners call off hunger strike

The Palestinian Prisoners Club said the "prisoners, in a unified and harmonious manner, decided to suspend the collective hunger strike, after their demands were met."

 View of the Shita prison, located next to Gilboa,and intended for 800 primarily security convicts.

How murderers become ‘political prisoners’ - opinion

There was no shortage of whitewashing terror as six Palestinian terrorists escaped from the high-security Gilboa prison.

 A RALLY IN Nazareth over the weekend in support of the six Palestinian convicts who had escaped from prison.

Gilboa Prison fiasco necessitates an in-depth investigation - editorial

Public Security Minister Omer Bar Lev was right in calling for a government commission of inquiry to thoroughly investigate the flaws in the current system.

 Israeli soldiers guard along a fence leading to the West Bank, as part of search efforts to capture six Palestinian men who had escaped from Gilboa prison earlier this week, September 9, 2021.

Gilboa prison break: Any bloodshed will lead to violence - analysis

With four fugitives apprehended and two to go, any bloodshed in the Gilboa prison break incident will lead to violence, in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip.

 Gilboa Prison. What went wrong?

Letters to the Editor September 13, 2021: Jail fail: Killers on the lam

Readers of The Jerusalem Post have their say.

Letters

Is Israel a ‘partatch’ state?

Whether it is the Gilboa Escape, the death of Barel Shmueli or the Meron disaster, Israel keeps messing up. Will an end be put to the partatch? Time will tell.

  Police officers and prison guards at the scene of a prison escape of  six Palestinian prisoners, outside the Gilboa prison, northern Israel, September 6, 2021. Photo by Flash90

Search continues for two remaining Gilboa Prison fugitives

Four of the six fugitives who escaped Gilboa Prison last week were found following a massive manhunt led by Israel Police’s Counterterrorism Unit. Their detentions have been extended by 9 days.

 The arrest of an escaped inmate made by Israel Police in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Death threats made against family who reported fugitives to police

The family of the person who reportedly told police about the fugitives denied involvement in the capture.

A VIEW of Nazareth – a unique history and a bevy of churches and holy sites.