Security lapse allowed six Palestinian prisoners to escape from Israeli jail

Hundreds of Palestinians riot in West Bank, East Jerusalem in support of escapees; Israeli forces arrest family members in 'collective punishment'

Hundreds riot in West Bank, East Jerusalem after jailbreak; IDF extends closure (Times of Israel)
Palestinians held large-scale demonstrations across the West Bank and Jerusalem Wednesday night, some of them violent, in solidarity with the six security prisoners who broke out of Israel’s Gilboa Prison earlier this week. Five of the fugitives are members of the Islamic Jihad terror group; the sixth is a notorious Fatah terror chief.

Palestinians decry measures against inmates, praise ‘heroic’ fugitives (Jerusalem Post)
The Palestinian Authority and several Palestinian factions on Wednesday denounced Israel's transfer and dispersal of prisoners after the Gilboa Prison escape and praised the escapees.

Security failures, sleepy guard: How did six Palestinians manage to escape heavily-guarded Israeli jail? (Haaretz)
What happened at Gilboa Prison? Why was there an open space under the prison? And where did the prisoners go? This is what we know so far about the high-profile prison break

Israel jailbreak: Families fear for lives of escaped Palestinian prisoners (Middle East Eye)
Israeli forces arrest family members in a campaign of 'collective punishment' as the manhunt continues

Shots fired at Israeli forces during West Bank protest in support of escaped prisoners (Haaretz)
Hundreds of Palestinians gathered in Jerusalem and across the West Bank to rally in support of the six escaped prisoners, with clashes reported between Israeli forces and demonstrators in several locations