WINDSOR, N.C. (AP) — Inmates overpowered correctional staff and took over parts of a jail in eastern North Carolina early Monday, but the siege ended hours later when law enforcement officers entered the facility and seized control.
Three guards and 88 inmates were inside the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center in Windsor when the takeover began at about 5 a.m., prompting an immediate response from local, state and federal authorities, the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said in a statement posted on social media.
By early afternoon, the Bureau of Investigation and the FBI had “cleared the facility,” the state bureau said in a statement. ”All inmates and staff are safe and accounted for, and those who sustained injuries have received treatment.”
The facility will remain secured while the damage is assessed, and inmates have been transferred to other facilities, the Bureau of Investigation said. Windsor is about 120 miles (190 kilometers) east of Raleigh.
Inmates took two guards captive and the third guard escaped. Negotiations led to the release of the two guards along with 80 inmates, leaving only eight inmates inside, Bertie County Sheriff Tyrone Ruffin said at a news conference.
Ruffin said the two guards who were released are undergoing medical treatment but he had no details about their injuries.
There was no threat to the general public, Ruffin said in a statement.
Authorities have not addressed why there were only three guards overseeing the jail at the time of the takeover.
Ruffin did not indicate what caused the takeover.
“Right now we have a lot going on that we're trying to get under control," he said. "I will release that information to the public as soon as I can.”
In this photo provided by the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation, law enforcement officers load an inmate for transport Monday, June 29, 2026, at the Bertie-Martin Regional Detention Center Windsor, Bertie County, N.C. (North Carolina Bureau State Bureau of Investigation via AP)
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes in southern and central Gaza on Monday killed at least eight people, including two children, and wounded at least 20 others, according to health officials and emergency services.
In Khan Younis, a strike hit a tent in the Al-Mawasi neighborhood after a warning call, killing a 23-year-old mother and her one-year-old daughter west of Khan Younis, according to Nasser Hospital.
Another strike on the town of Qarara, northwest of the city earlier in the day killed a 31-year-old man, according to Nasser Hospital. The hospital said he had married only a few months ago and left behind a pregnant wife.
In a separate incident in the same area, a strike hit a tent sheltering displaced people along the coastal area of Khan Younis, killing two people and wounding 13 others, according to Nasser hospital and the Palestinian Red Crescent. The wounded were transferred to a field hospital run by the Palestinian Red Crescent in Al-Mawasi.
In central Gaza, a drone strike hit a tent in Deir al-Balah, killing at least three Palestinians, including an 8-year-old boy and his grandfather, medical officials said.
Health authorities in the coastal enclave said the drone strike hit a neighborhood in Deir al-Balah, one of the least damaged towns in central Gaza. Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital said the fatalities were Hassan al-Hanagra and his 8-year-old grandchild, Malik Abu Shawish, along with another man.
Abu Shawish, whose parents are divorced, was visiting his mother’s tent at the time of the strike, and his mother was among seven people wounded in the strike, hospital officials said. Israel’s military said the strike was targeting a militant, but did not immediately name him or say if he was killed.
A strike in southern Gaza on Sunday killed Zaher Abu Salem, the Israeli military said, describing him as a member of Islamic Jihad who was involved in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that triggered the war. A total of four people were killed Sunday in a flurry of strikes around Gaza, including a 13-year-old girl, Eileen al-Farra, who was hit by shrapnel from Israeli tank shelling and was buried Monday.
While the heaviest fighting has subsided since a ceasefire took hold in October, Israeli forces have carried out near-daily strikes, killing 1,045 Palestinians, including more than 360 women and children, according to health officials in Gaza. Israel says it is targeting militants, often saying they were planning attacks on Israeli troops who hold more than 60% of the Gaza Strip. Five Israeli soldiers have been killed in militant attacks since the ceasefire.
The Gaza Health Ministry, which is part of the Hamas-led government, maintains detailed casualty records that are seen as generally reliable by U.N. agencies and independent experts. But it does not give a breakdown of civilians and militants.
Israel's campaign in Gaza has killed more than 73,058 Palestinians, including those killed since the ceasefire, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. The Hamas-led Oct. 7 attack on Israel killed some 1,200 people and saw 251 taken hostage.
Meanwhile, Israeli forces raided locations throughout the occupied West Bank, including near Ramallah, where the Palestinian Health Ministry reported a 15-year-old from Jerusalem was killed by a gunshot to the head.
Emergency crews transported Amir Jaber to the hospital from the al-Bireh area after attempting to resuscitate him at the scene, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society said. It also reported two injured by Israeli fire in a raid near Hebron, the West Bank's most populous city.
The Israeli military did not comment immediately.
The raid near Ramallah — the Palestinians' administrative capital in the West Bank — was among half a dozen reported across the territory Monday by WAFA, the Palestinian news agency.
At least 59 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the West Bank this year, the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reported last week.
Metz reported from Ramallah, West Bank. Associated Press writer Samy Magdy in Cairo contributed to this report.
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Palestinians mourn over the body of Ali Asbitan, 28, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during his funeral at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians mourn Ali Asbitan, 28, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during his funeral at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
EDS NOTE: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Palestinians carry the body of Ali Asbitan, 28, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, at Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Palestinians perform funeral prayers for Ali Asbitan, 28, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Abdullah Moussa, 30, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
