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Israel, Hamas exchange fire after escaped Palestinian prisoners caught

Israel has arrested four of the six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from prison last week.
A demonstrator holds up a spoon, reportedly the digging tool used by six Palestinian prisoners who escaped from Israel's Gilboa prison, during a rally in solidarity with them in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on Sept. 8, 2021.

Israel and armed Palestinian groups in the Gaza Strip continued exchanging fire on Monday. 

Early Monday morning, Israel’s Iron Dome aerial defense system intercepted a rocket fired toward Israel from Gaza. The Israel Defense Forces bombed four Hamas compounds in response, the IDF reported in a series of tweets. 

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