JERUSALEM, Four of the six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from an Israeli prison made their first court appearances on Saturday in the northern city of Nazareth after their recapture.

The six Palestinian militants successfully staged a Hollywood-style escape from a high-security Israeli prison on Sept. 6 by digging an underground tunnel in their cell, in what is called the real-life version of the popular U.S. prison drama TV series Prison Break.

Zakaria Zubeidi (3rd R), one of the six Palestinian militants who escaped from a high-security Israeli prison, makes his first court appearance after recapture in Nazareth, Israel, Sept. 11, 2021.

Mahmud Abdullah Ardah (3rd L), one of the six Palestinian militants who escaped from a high-security Israeli prison, makes his first court appearance after recapture in Nazareth, Israel, Sept. 11, 2021.

Yaqoub Qadri (C), one of the six Palestinian militants who escaped from a high-security Israeli prison, makes his first court appearance after recapture in Nazareth, Israel, Sept. 11, 2021.

Photo taken on Sept. 10, 2021 shows the scene near the northern Israeli city of Nazareth where Israeli security forces captured Yaqoub Qadir and Mohammad Ardah,two of the six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from an Israeli prison. 

Israeli police officers gather around the hole of a tunnel allegedly digged by the six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from the Gilboa Prison in northern Israel, Sept. 6, 2021

Photo taken on Sept. 6, 2021 shows the view of the Gilboa Prison in northern Israel, from which six Palestinian prisoners escaped by digging an underground tunnel in their cell.

Israeli police set up a checking point on a road as part of the massive manhunt for the six escaped Palestinian prisoners, near Beit She’an, Israel, on Sept. 7, 2021.

Palestinian workers are stopped by Israeli soldiers guarding a fence amid a manhunt for the six Palestinians who escaped from an Israeli prison, near the village of Muqeibila, northern Israel, on Sept. 9, 2021. 

Palestinians attend Friday prayers in front of the Red Cross building in Gaza City on Sept. 10, 2021, to protest the Israeli tightened measures against Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails following a prison break by six Palestinian prisoners. 

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