"Following the assessment of the security situation and efforts on the search of escaped prisoners, it was decided to extend the common blockade in the Judea and Samaria area [the Israeli name of the West Bank] until Saturday, September 11, midnight from Saturday to Sunday," the statement read.
At the same time, Israel will open checkpoints on borders with the Gaza Strip and the West Bank for supplying goods on Wednesday night as planned.
On Monday, six Palestinian prisoners sentenced to long terms for involvement in terrorism by the Israeli authorities escaped from the Gilboa jail. Among the escapees were Zakaria Zubeidi, a leader of the armed al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades, as well as five Islamic Jihad Movement activists.
Earlier this day, Palestinian prisoners burnt cells in three other Israeli jails.