Former prime minister Ehud Olmert, former president Moshe Katsav and celebrity rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto were among 260 prisoners released from prison on Sunday for a three-day furlough to spend the Jewish New Year with their families, the Israel Prison Service announced.
Celebrity Rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto presented himself at a prison medical center on Tuesday afternoon to start a one-year jail sentence for bribing a police officer, after a last-minute visit to hospital.
The Israel Prisons Service on Sunday decided that convicted rabbi Yoshiyahu Pinto will serve his upcoming sentence for corruption under close medical supervision, due to health issues.
Police and the Israel Prison Service are searching for convicted contract killer Yaron Sankar, who they say disappeared from his room at the Assaf Harofeh Medical Center on Sunday night..