JERUSALEM — The last two of six Palestinian prisoners who escaped a maximum-security Israeli prison two weeks ago were recaptured early Sunday, the Israeli military said. It said the two were arrested during an army raid in their hometown, Jenin, in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian news outlets reported that clashes had erupted in Jenin when troops entered the city. But a spokesperson for the Israeli police said the two escapees, Munadil Nafayat and Eham Kamamji, were arrested without resistance at a house where they had taken refuge. Fouad Kamamji, Eham Kamamji’s father, told The Associated Press that his son had called him when troops surrounded the house and said he would surrender “in order not to endanger the house owners.”

Source: New York Times September 19, 2021 03:33 UTC