The extensive search for the six terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison in the north of the country continues today (Tuesday).
While thousands of border guards and police are on the ground and 89 checkpoints have been deployed at various locations to locate the fugitives.
According to Palestinian reports, IDF forces raided the village of Jalama near Jenin today (Tuesday), as part of the search for the six fugitives from Gilboa Prison yesterday. To the escape route of the security prisoners.
At the same time, in the joint investigation of the Public Prosecutor's Office (Lahav 433 Prison Investigations Unit) and the Central Police Police Unit, testimonies were collected from 14 prison guards and IPS personnel.
According to IPS and police estimates, the fleeing terrorists received assistance from one or more sources. The intelligence effort also focuses on the Jenin area - the site of the cause of all the escaped terrorists - assuming that there was someone in the area who helped them.
Army forces scan northern roads (archive), Ginny Agency
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A police checkpoint on Route 75, designed to locate the fleeing terrorists, Hertz Shapira
The escape area of the security prisoners near Gilboa Prison, this morning, Gil Eliyahu, Ginny
The working assumption is that in a state of friction with the fugitives, the intervention of special forces on standby will be necessary.
At this point, all the options on the table, including the possibility that the six fled outside Israel's borders, including the Gaza Strip.
At the same time, they are likely to be hiding within Israel.
During the night, the police and the IDF operated aircraft with special means of night vision, mainly at the seam line, in order to rule out the possibility of crossing. However, it is still likely that they are hiding within Israeli territory.
"This is a chase after the unknown," says a senior police officer.
"We are examining everything, including escape action patterns. This is a very big challenge. The overall picture is still missing."
It should be noted that in Israel, the Palestinian Authority is expected to assist in locating the six or passing on any information about them.
There is also an expectation of cooperation on the part from Jordan and Egypt.
A police checkpoint on Route 75, designed to locate the fleeing terrorists, Hertz Shapira
As reported yesterday, police received information that the six security prisoners, terrorists with blood on their hands, had advanced on foot for three kilometers after escaping from prison - before boarding a vehicle that was driving them.
According to estimates, the escape was planned in advance and in coordination with various elements inside the prison and with outside assistance.
The head of the police operations division, Lt. Gen. Shimon Nachmani, said yesterday that the fleeing terrorists "had outside assistance and also vehicles that assisted."
"The Israel Police, together with other forces - the IPS, the Shin Bet, the IDF and other organizations - are working in pursuit of capturing the fugitives," noted General Nachmani.
"It is important for me to say quite clearly that the Israel Police, together with the forces, are working with all the resources and forces at our disposal to capture them. It is clear to everyone that we know in advance that the holiday meal will be missed, but the important goal is, for all the forces at work, to capture them in the immediate time frame and that is how we will do it. "
The opening of the tunnel after the terrorists' escape, IPS
The head of the operations division later added that according to the suspicion, the terrorists who fled were already armed.
"In the set of threats made to them, the possibility of harm to civilians is taken into account," he stressed.
"We will respond to any event that arises, and appeal to the public to remain vigilant and not change the holiday routine."
Currently, the defense establishment estimates that the terrorists - five members of Islamic Jihad and the head of Fatah's military wing in Samaria - have split. Inland.
