Israel says it captured the last two Palestinian prisoners who escaped from a maximum-security prison quite 10 days ago.
The jailbreak embarrassed Israel’s security establishment but delighted Palestinians who see members of armed groups jailed by Israel as heroes within the struggle for Palestinian statehood.
Fouad Kamamji, father of prisoner Ayham Kamamji who was rearrested on Sunday at dawn, told local TV: “He [Ayham] risked his life, got out, and managed to urge to Jenin – despite all the military reinforcements, the military and every one the technology that Israel owns, he managed to urge to Jenin” and “hold out for 2 weeks.”
The men, the last of the six who escaped Gilboa prison on September 6, were found within the eastern district of Jenin city, the police announced on Twitter on Sunday.
Israeli police identified the lads as Ayham Nayef Kamamji and Munadel Yacoub Infai’at. Kamamji, 35, was arrested in 2006 and is serving a life , and Infai’at, 26, was arrested in 2019, consistent with the Palestinian Prisoners Club.
Fouad Kamamji said he received a call from his son at 1:45am informing him that he was surrounded by Israeli occupation forces in Jenin.
“For the security of the people I’m staying in, i’m turning myself in,” Ayham reportedly told his father, who said he was shocked by the decision . “I told him: May God keep you safe.”
Fouad added he believes the house that provided Ayham with shelter in represents “real patriotism” and therefore the essence of the Palestinian people.
The Israeli army said the lads turned themselves in “after being surrounded by security forces” working on intelligence.
Meanwhile, family of Munadel Infai’at, from the village of Ya’bad in Jenin, said during a live TV interview that the family acknowledged about the arrest of his son through media at 2:30am.
His mother described Munadel’s rearrest as a “disaster” and said the family had no prior knowledge of him being in Jenin.
