Embryo- Inside a house showing signs of destruction Etaf hugged her children and sisters for the first time since her imprisonment two years ago. The house had its walls demolished as a result of its bombing by the Israeli occupation forces about a year and a half ago, in the town of Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin city.
Gathered at home A large group of people to extend congratulations to the Jaradat family, who received their prisoner Etaf Jaradat yesterday, Tuesday, who was liberated as part of the fourth batch of… Prisoner exchange deal Between Hamas and Israel.
Ataf’s story began when the Israeli occupation forces arrested her from her home in the town of Silat al-Harithiya, west of Jenin, two years ago. After a long and harsh investigation, she was transferred to Damoun prisonShe was facing a prison sentence ranging from 7 to 15 years, on charges of covering up her sons who were accused of carrying out a shooting attack near the Homesh settlement south of Jenin, in which an Israeli settler was killed.
Harsh detention conditions
Jaradat says that she was accused of blessing what her sons Omar and Ghaith did, and she supported this in the media. The punishment was her arrest, the demolition of her house, and her imprisonment. She added, “The investigator asked me why you did not say that you were aware of what Omar and Ghaith did. I answered him, ‘How do you ask me to report my children?’” It was expected that I would be tried for approximately 15 years, but thank God the lawyer was able to reduce the sentence to two years.”
She explained, “The circumstances of my detention were very harsh, because my three children were in prison, as was my brother. After a period of my imprisonment, I received news of the demolition of my house, in which I lived for years of my life and raised my children, and which carries my memories of them in every corner of it.”
Before Ataf’s arrest, the occupation forces arrested her three sons, but her son, Al-Muntasir Billah, was released about a month ago, and Omar and Ghaith face a life sentence. Regarding the conditions of her imprisonment, Ataf spoke to Al Jazeera Net and said, “Prison is tiring and very difficult. I lived unbearable days, especially when I learned that my house had been demolished, and a while later, my son Omar’s house was demolished by the occupation forces.”
She stressed the psychological impact of the news on her, saying, “It was a very difficult thing for my soul, especially since it was a groom’s house that had only been built for 5 months. It was demolished and his wife prevented the bride from staying in it, so it was no longer fit for living, and his new furniture, which was not actually used, was broken. I was afraid for him.” While he is in prison, when he gets the news, how will he bear it? I was afraid for Ghaith, as he is young and not yet 17 years old. How will he bear the prison?”
Heavy meeting
Etaf says that one of the harshest moments she experienced during her imprisonment was the moment she received a handwritten letter from her son Ghaith, who was in the Cubs section near her section in Damoun. Ghaith was asking her to forgive him because he considered that he was responsible for her arrest and for everything she was going through.
She recounts that “he wrote saying, ‘I wish I had died before I had a hand in your imprisonment here.’ So I wrote him a letter and gave it to one of the detained youth on the day of the trial. In it, I said, ‘We will all get out of here, Ghaith. This is my certainty in God, so do not worry, and do not blame yourself. I am very proud of you.'” .
Etaf describes the moments of meeting her children in the courts as the heaviest on her heart. She says, recalling those scenes with intense tears, “I would see them in court and could not hug them or touch them, or even talk to them. I would scream in the courtroom so that they would hear my voice. I would try to strengthen their resolve, and repeat To them (and be patient for the judgment of your Lord, for you are with Our eyes), but preventing me from hugging them while they were close to me was a difficult matter.”
Etaf felt the sadness in her children’s eyes every time she met them in court, and she saw their tears that they tried to hide from her every time she entered the court with her hands tied. She says that she cannot be away from them now, and that she will not be able to see them again after she leaves prison.
Ramla prison experience
During her arrest, Ataf was transferred to the Ramla prison clinic, accompanied by one of the wounded prisoners, in order to accompany her and take care of her during her treatment period in the Ramla clinic. Ataf remained there for 3 months, during which she witnessed the conditions of the sick prisoners, their suffering, and the occupation’s abuse of them while they were on their beds. treatment.
She says, “I consider my accompanying a wounded prisoner to be a jihadi mission, and the suffering I saw there cannot be described. The cell is two meters by one metre, and is closed with two iron doors. It contains a bed for the wounded woman and a bed for me. After being there for three weeks, I was allowed to call my family and reassure them.” Ali, and I was seeing the wounded prisoners. There were those whose feet were cut off, and those who were paralyzed and unable to move. I saw Walid Daqqa, the prisoners Asif al-Rifai, and Samer Abu Diak.”
She indicated that she was talking to them while she was walking around in front of the room in the Ramtha clinic, and she recounted that one time they told her that Walid Daqqa had left the chemotherapy session very tired and was prevented from speaking with his family. She commented, saying, “That was a very painful thing. How could he be sentenced to 37 years in prison when he was in the very advanced stages of the disease, and deprived of even a phone call with his family?!”
Oppression and abuse
After the 7th of October and the start of the aggression against Gaza, Ataf and other female prisoners in Damoun Prison were subjected to oppression and abuse. The repression units entered the prison sections and assaulted the female prisoners by beating them and spraying them with pepper gas. They also took away cooking utensils from them, and even shoes, blankets, and basic personal needs. . Meanwhile, the jailers beat her and she was isolated for 3 days.
The freed prisoner says, “Prison conditions became more difficult after October 7. We were subjected to repression more than once, and pepper gas was sprayed in the prisoners’ rooms. Of course, there was no communication with our families or anyone outside the prison, but on the first day of the war we learned what had happened.” “.
She added, “We expected that one or two soldiers had been kidnapped, and so the celebrations began inside the station, because we knew that our exit would soon be through an exchange deal, but after that we did not know anything about the number of Israeli soldiers who had been captured, and news was scarce due to the confiscation of radio equipment.” Of the departments.
Despite the joy felt by Etaf and her entire family, due to her liberation from prison, which was clear from the numbers of well-wishers who flocked to her home to see her and greet her, she confirms that this joy came with pain and heartache over what is happening with the people of Gaza, and that the amount The destruction and the number of martyrs prevent everyone from rejoicing.
Attaf said, “We pray to God to provide them with victory and a near relief, and to protect the resistance. I pray for them in every prostration to me, God willing, that God will grant victory to the proud Gaza.”
