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Palestinian prisoners escape from Israeli prison, apparently through a tunnel

Six Palestinian inmates reportedly used a tunnel to break out of an Israeli prison. Jerusalem (CNN)Israeli authorities are hunting for six Palestinian militants who broke out of prison, apparently through a tunnel, sometime early Monday morning. The men escaped from Gilboa prison, which lies between the Sea of Galilee in Israel and the West Bank town of Jenin. A picture of a tunnel entrance purportedly used by the prisoners to escape has been widely shared on Palestinian social media, and Israeli media are reportin