Video Unrelated to the Re-Arrest of the Gilboa Prison Escapees
The Claim
The arrest of one of the Palestinian escapees of Gilboa prison in Israel was recorded on video.
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A video has been circulating on social media of a man being arrested. Users claim that it is one of the six prisoners who escaped from Gilboa prison being re-arrested by Israeli forces in the city of Nazareth yesterday evening, Friday.
Misbar’s Analysis
MENA: Misbar investigated the authenticity of the claim and found it to be misleading. The video was published on the Al-Jarmaq Facebook page, which specializes in internal Palestinian issues, long before the arrest of the two escapees, Mahmoud Al-Ardah and Yaqoub Qadri. This was confirmed by Anas Hawari, one of the journalists working on the site, who added that the arrest in the video took place in the city of Umm al-Fahm during demonstrations to support the prisoners.
Hawari further added to Misbar that the young man in the video, Imad Jabarin, was arrested by the undercover units and the Israeli Special Forces at the entrance to the city of Umm al-Fahm. He is currently undergoing medical care at Afula Hospital because of the violent assault during his arrest.
The claim comes as Israeli occupation re-arrested four of the six prisoners who recently escaped through a tunnel from the Israeli Gilboa Prison. Based on the findings, the Misbar team confirms that the video in the claim is unrelated to the re-arrests of two of the Gilboa escapees.
