Yoav Zitun
Israeli forces clashed overnight Friday with Palestinian rioters who took to the streets in solidarity with six security prisoners who broke out of jail earlier this week and remain at large as Israel's manhunt after them entered its fifth day.
Each night, hundreds of Palestinians are taking part in the riots in about ten centers across the West Bank, but these incidents are estimated to intensify and escalate if the prisoners are captured, dead or alive.The military ordered to cancel all leaves for soldiers stationed in the West Bank after the Hamas terrorist group called for a "day of rage" following Friday prayer.
"The Palestinian resistance is willing to make sacrifices for the sake of the prisoners," the group said.Over 1,000 troops were diverted to ramp up IDF presence across the West Bank and may be bolstered by further forces in coming days for fear of escalating tensions and in light of the growing estimate that at least some of the six fugitives have managed to cross the to West Bank.
The six fugitives were believed to have tunneled out of the maximum-security Gilboa Prison, located near the Sea of Galilee and close to the northern West Bank border city of Jenin.
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