Hamas spokesman 'Abd al-Latif Qanawa today (Sunday) referred to the capture of the two terrorists who escaped from Gilboa Prison, saying that "the responsibility for capturing them rests on the shoulders of Abu Mazen and the leadership of the Palestinian Authority, which failed to protect its people."
In an interview with al-Aqsa, he also said that "the security forces of the Palestinian Authority should have stopped security coordination with the Zionist enemy and not allowed forces to enter Jenin."
The two terrorists who were captured tonight in Jenin after their capture,
His remarks come against the background of similar remarks made by another spokesman for the terrorist organization, Hazem Qassem, according to which "the arrest operation will remain a deterrent proof of the fragility and weakness of the Israeli security system, and its non-compliance with the will of the Palestinian fighter."
Qassem boasted that what the six prisoners had done was "a great act of heroism, a great jihad and a huge achievement to be written in letters of fire in the annals of the jihad and of the Palestinian people's struggle."
He added that the military wing of the terrorist organization has pledged that the captured prisoners will be at the top of the list of those released in a future prisoner exchange deal, if one takes place.
The Islamic Jihad, of which most security prisoners belong, responded that the re-arrest of the prisoners "will not erase the defeat they inflicted on the occupation, which will bear full responsibility for any harm to the lives of the prisoners."
Documentation: The activities of the security forces that were involved in capturing the two terrorists // Photo: IDF Spokesman
At the same time, their father Kamai, one of the two terrorists captured this morning, told Kol Palestine radio that his son called him a few minutes before surrendering and told him he intended to turn himself in because he did not want the people who helped him and swore to protect him and his friend. Will hurt.
The father added: "I told him that this was the most moral and noble act he could do, and that he and his friends who had fled with him would be our heroes. I thank on behalf of the whole family to all who helped him escape and hide from the occupying forces."