The suspicion is growing that guards were cooperating with security prisoners at Gilboa Prison.
This is not about receiving material bribes, but about responding abnormally to the prisoners' requests in exchange for silence in the wings.
It was announced at the beginning of the week that a decision should be made as to which officials will be summoned for interrogation with a warning, including the prison commander, the prison's intelligence officer and other guards.
The unit for the investigation of police officers and wardens has so far collected testimonies from about 14 officials.
The commander of the Northern District of the IPS, Gondar Arik Yaakov, will be required to testify about his and the district's role in the escape.
Israel Today has learned that in addition to a warden who fell asleep in the guard tower overlooking the pit from which the terrorists fled, there is another guard tower below which is a control room that includes nine screens that overlook the prison fences.
It turns out that the room was manned by a prison guard who for some unknown reason did not watch them.
It was also learned that 21 minutes had passed from the moment the first terrorist entered the tunnel from which the terrorists fled until they left it.
In addition, the impression is also strengthened of a blatant violation of one of the procedures that could have prevented the escape.
The prison has a special professional staff that is supposed to enter the cells every week and inspect them structurally (floors and walls).
A senior IPS official told Israel Today that if the team had followed the orders and procedures, the tunnel opening would have been exposed and it would have been avoided.