Escaped prisoners dug a tunnel from their cell’s shower basin – report

9 September 2021, 9:13 pm

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In this photo provided by Israel's Prisons Service, a hole in a floor is seen after six Palestinian prisoners escaped from the Gilboa prison in northern Israel, on September 6, 2021. (Israeli Prisons Service via AP)

The six Palestinian security prisoners who escaped Gilboa Prison earlier this week dug a tunnel from the shower basin in their cell, according to initial findings by the Israel Prisons Service, reported by the Kan public broadcaster.

The prison saw an attempted jailbreak in 2014, in which inmates tried to dig a tunnel under their toilet basin. After that foiled attempt, the Prisons Service reinforced that area with concrete and metal and replaced the toilet bowls.

However, they didn’t reinforce or replace the equivalent area under the showers, according to the report.