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Palestinians across the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem gather on Friday for a day of rage in support of the six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from an Israeli prison, obeying the call of Hamas and other Palestinian resistance groups.
They are also protesting against the measures imposed by the Israeli prison authorities on imprisoned members of the Islamic Jihad, another group active in the Gaza Strip, in the wake of a brutal escape from one of the country’s safest prisons.
Several family members of the escaped prisoners were arrested, including three people on Friday morning, as part of an Israeli hunt to capture them. The six me
More than 100 Palestinian protesters moved to the valley under the illegal Israeli settlement of Evyatar, which was built on agricultural land expropriated from the villagers. On the hill above, groups of Israeli soldiers watched young people burning tires and throwing stones.
Periodically, drones fly over the young men and throw tear gas at them, while others take pictures near the buzz.
Later on Friday, the Red Crescent reported more than 30 injuries in Beita and Beit Dajan near Nablus. An ambulance was also hit by Israeli soldiers.