Israeli Police Catch 2 Palestinians Who Broke Out of Prison

JERUSALEM - Israeli police said on Friday night that they had caught two of the six Palestinians who escaped from a maximum-security prison this week in a daring prison break that has captured the country's attention.  

Police said the two were caught in northern Israel on Friday night. The announcement did not identify the prisoners or give any other details. But the Haaretz news site identified them as Mahmoud Aradeh and Yakub Kadari, members of the Islamic Jihad militant group who were both serving life sentences. The report said the men were caught in the northern city of Nazareth after a civilian alerted police about two suspicious figures.  The six Palestinians tunneled out of the Gilboa prison on Monday, setting off a furious manhunt across Israel and in the West Bank.