WATCH: Raids of Hamas prison cells in Israel fruitful

By Ra’anan Ben Tzur & Elior Levy

Israel Prison Service officers raided prison cells holding Hamas prisoners Thursday morning, and found messages and orders for Hamas attacks outside of the prison, along with a lot of other intelligence information.

Cell phones and sim cards were also found in the raid.The Israel Prison Service said that “following intelligence received, and insubordinate behavior by the security prisoner in the Nafha Prison and Eshel Prison, IPS officers raided the cells.”

The raids took place in Hamas sections of the prison. In Nafha prison there was an increase in the insubordination of the prisoners including not standing in line, not agreeing to leave the prison yard and return to their cells. Meanwhile, there was intelligence that the prisoners had forbidden items in their cells.

The IPS therefore decided to carry out raids on the Hamas prisoners’ cells. The Hamas prisoners in Eshel Prison were temporarily moved to Ohalei Kider prison, while the IPS officers carried out a thorough inspection of the cells. The officers found orders and plans for Hamas attacks outside of the prison. The Hamas commanders who were sent to be with their subordinates in the wing have since been moved to different areas of the prison.

Meanwhile, two hunger strikes have been started over the last several days amongst the Palestinian prisoners in Israel…