Israel indicts Palestinian jail breakers
Six Palestinian prisoners who made a daring escaping from an Israeli prison in September were formally indicted yesterday, Israel's justice ministry said. The men were charged with escaping from the high-security Gilboa prison in northern Israel while five others were accused of assisting them, a statement said. The inmates -- five from the Palestinian Islamic Jihad militant group and one belonging to the armed branch of the Palestinian Authority's Fatah faction -- had been held for attacks against Israel. They escaped by digging a tunnel under a sink using spoons, plates and even the handle of a kettle. The six were recaptured in batches during a major Israeli manhunt in September.
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