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Shita Prison

Illustrative: A person holding handcuffs in a Jerusalem court on November 21, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90)
June 14, 2026, 6:32 pm
Pro soccer player arrested on suspicion of financial crimes, links to northern gang
National League athlete allegedly engaged in systemic gambling and match-fixing, worked with violent group allegedly operated by imprisoned mob boss
By Charlie Summers
View of the Shita prison, located in northern Israel, February 28, 2013. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
June 14, 2016, 9:14 am
Four injured in prison arson attack
One inmate in serious condition, two others and prison guard lightly hurt after blaze started in cell
By Stuart Winer
A tunnel dug in the bathroom of a cell occupied by eight Islamic Jihad members at Gilboa Prison in northern Israel, August 3, 2014. (Photo credit: Israel Prisons Service)
August 3, 2014, 5:46 pm
Palestinian prisoners suspected of digging escape tunnel
Prisons Service guards in Gilboa Prison uncover tunnel shaft in bathroom shared by eight members of Islamic Jihad
By ToI Staff
Palestinian prisoner Samer Issawi arrives to his home in Issawiya after he was released in the first phase of the prisoner exchange deal which took place between Hamas and the Israeli government. October 18, 2011. (Photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 23, 2013, 9:28 pm
Palestinian inmate who broke hunger-strike record freed
Samer Issawi, who earned international support after refusing food to protest rearrest, makes his way to East Jerusalem home
By ToI Staff
Illustrative photo of pharmaceutical pills. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
April 26, 2013, 5:59 pm
Rabbi charged for giving drugs to prisoner
Afula suspect had ‘no idea’ the cigarette boxes he handed over to a convicted murderer contained illicit substances
By Yifa Yaakov
An ultra-Orthodox jewish man walks in the snow on a Jerusalem street, Wednesday, January 9, 2013 (photo credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 9, 2013, 7:36 am
Jerusalem tucks in with a white blanket
Snow piles up on the streets of the capital and surrounding towns
By ToI Staff
Hamas supporters hold a rally in the West Bank city of Ramallah, calling for the release of Palestinians being held in Israeli prisons on Friday (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash 90)
May 5, 2012, 7:20 pm
With 10 hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in hospital, Israel offers concessions
Administrative detainees, offered visits by Gaza family members and improved conditions, debating whether to end their fast
By Ilan Ben Zion and AP
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