On 14 March 2006 , Israel raided the Palestinian jail in Jericho as part of Operation Bringing Home the Goods to capture the killers of Israeli minister Rehavam Ze'evi who were jailed there , following the announcement of the Hamas elected government that the prisoners would be released and the leaving of international wardens who were monitoring the incarceration . The prisoners put up a fight , and after a ten-hour siege , the prisoners surrendered and were arrested . A series of riots and kidnapping of foreigners ensued throughout the Palestinian territories . Reports from the scene said 50 jeeps , three tanks , and an armored bulldozer pushed into Jericho , and two helicopters were flying overhead
killers of Israeli minister Rehavam Ze'evi
Assassination of Rehavam Ze'evi
Jordan Valley