Gilboa prison watchtower was inexplicably unmanned during convict break
A watchtower overlooking the escape tunnel through which six security prisoners managed to break out of the high-level Gilboa Prison in northern Israel was unmanned at the time of the jailbreak, Ynet has learned on Thursday.The worst thing to wonder is whether the security lapse was deliberate, in an effort to escalate violence by Islamofascists, something the authorities now have to contend with:
It remains unclear at this point whether the watchtower was unmanned due to tactical security arrangements, budgetary restrictions, or any other reason.
One of the facility's surveillance cameras was directed at the tunnel but none of the guards spotted the fugitives.
A guard who was manning an adjacent watchtower admitted she fell asleep at the time of the escape.
Israel’s defense establishment is preparing for an escalation in violence in both the West Bank and Gaza Strip, as the manhunt continues for six security prisoners who escaped from Gilboa Prison earlier this week.There've been reports that in Jenin, the Islamists there are willing to riot to defend the escapees, if they reach there. One more reason to suspect this jail break was entirely deliberate, to cause trouble at a time when a paper-tiger government is in charge.
The IDF has reinforced the West Bank with four battalions with a focus on the area of Jenin and the border with Jordan, two locations to where the fugitives could have run.
Israel canceled family visits for Palestinian prisoners on Thursday until the end of the month, following the violent riots that broke out in jails across the country. The Palestinian Maan News Agency cited the Red Cross as saying families were informed that the visits were canceled due to “dangerous developments” in Israeli prisons.
The rioting prisoners, mainly belonging to Palestinian Islamic Jihad, set fire to cells in Ketziot, Ramon and Ofer prisons on Wednesday after Israel Prison Service (IPS) Commissioner Katy Perry placed new restrictions on inmates, and moved hundreds of prisoners in order to ensure that only one PIJ prisoner would be in a cell at a time.
On Thursday, prisoners set fire to their cells at Ramon Prison in southern Israel.
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