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The militants were arrested in a joint operation, Israeli authorities said . EPA
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Israeli security forces stand behind Palestinian militants Zakaria Zubeidi and Mahmoud Aradeh on September 11, after they were arrested in the village of Umm Al Ghanam, following their escape from Gilboa prison. Reuters
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Mahmoud Aradeh, centre, inside a court in Nazareth. Six Palestinians tunnelled out of the Gilboa prison on September 6, setting off a furious manhunt across Israel and the West Bank. EPA
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Aradeh sits after being arrested. The Israeli army recaptured early on September 19 the last two of the six militants who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks ago. Reuters
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Yakub Kadari, one of the militants who escaped from prison, at the court in Nazareth, Israel. EPA
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Zubeidi, a well-known militant leader from the second Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s and Aradeh sit after they were arrested. Reuters
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Israeli special security forces search fields near Nazareth after the prisoners escaped. EPA
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The militants were arrested in a joint operation, Israeli authorities said . EPA
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Israeli security forces stand behind Palestinian militants Zakaria Zubeidi and Mahmoud Aradeh on September 11, after they were arrested in the village of Umm Al Ghanam, following their escape from Gilboa prison. Reuters
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Mahmoud Aradeh, centre, inside a court in Nazareth. Six Palestinians tunnelled out of the Gilboa prison on September 6, setting off a furious manhunt across Israel and the West Bank. EPA
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Aradeh sits after being arrested. The Israeli army recaptured early on September 19 the last two of the six militants who escaped a maximum-security prison two weeks ago. Reuters
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Yakub Kadari, one of the militants who escaped from prison, at the court in Nazareth, Israel. EPA
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Zubeidi, a well-known militant leader from the second Palestinian uprising in the early 2000s and Aradeh sit after they were arrested. Reuters
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Israeli special security forces search fields near Nazareth after the prisoners escaped. EPA
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The militants were arrested in a joint operation, Israeli authorities said . EPA