A story of a homeland

On a day when tears of joy were mixed with the liberation of more honorable Palestinian prisoners, news came from the Gaza Strip, announcing the martyrs of the resistance and symbols of its military leaders who were announced yesterday evening by the military spokesman of the Martyr Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, coinciding with the funeral of the ten martyrs of Tamoun, and in light of the continued sinful aggression on Jenin and Tulkarm, the features of the homeland were drawn with pride on a map whose title is loyalty to the sacrifices of our great people who are still patient, steadfast, and seeking reward from God, with all the signs of loftiness, pride, and honor, the martyrs of freedom and the great jihad, the heroic leaders from the members of the General Military Council of the Martyr Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, foremost among them the martyr Muhammad al-Deif and his brave comrades. And in another painting, embracing the prisoners who conquered the darkness of prison and triumphed over the oppression and injustice of the jailer, their inner voice repeating the piece of the late national poet Darwish, which was given free rein by the committed musician Marcel Khalifeh (Oh you with bleeding eyes and hands, the night is passing… Neither the detention room nor the chains remain), until the end of the poem, the inevitability of which we affirm in absolute terms (For the grains of an ear of wheat dry up… The valley will be filled with ears of wheat), and this is the secret of our people’s plant that insists on multiplying and remaining within the range of loyalty to the noblest issues related to the prisoners.

If the voice of freedom is louder than all voices, no matter how much the nights of injustice rage over it and how far it covers all distances, then the martyrs knocked on the doors of glory with the drums of victory, to go to sleep, reassured of the protection of their dreams as they caress the homeland, to become the anthem of those who have no anthem.

On the day of liberating prisoners and bidding farewell to martyrs, feelings are mixed, but they were and still are an expression of the truth of our people who cling to their rights, believe in the justice of their cause, and continue on the path of return and freedom. From here the secret of this pride, greatness and dedication emerges, for in every location there was a story, they destroy so we build, they arrest and try so we are liberated, they kill so we are born, and thus the scene is renewed with all determination and resolve.

It is natural for Israel to be disturbed by the Palestinian scenes in all locations. The rubble and destruction in Jabalia did not prevent the resistance from releasing the Israeli soldier Agam Berger, and sending a message to the world about the need to take action to end the catastrophic situation in the northern Gaza Strip. The release of the elderly man Gadi Moses, the civilian Arbil Yehud, and the five Thais from the heart of Khan Yunis, where the home of the martyr Yahya Sinwar is located, is a symbol of loyalty to the achievements of the leader and the need for the resistance to continue on his path, in a clear message to the occupation that the will of the Palestinian people and their resistance cannot die.

Yesterday, the resistance and the people of Gaza presented a model of concern for the dignity and safety of Israeli and foreign prisoners based on international law that guarantees their dignity and the protection of them, and based on the instructions of the true Islamic religion. In the end, they arrived in Israel. Despite the slight delay caused by the large crowds in Khan Yunis, Netanyahu and his extremist ministers insisted once again on procrastinating in implementing the release of Palestinian prisoners, in addition to the malicious incitement campaigns by the Israeli media and some ministers against them, not to mention the torture practices carried out by the prison administration against them and its unjust measures that deprive them of all their rights, even in moments of freedom, when the army and police prevent their families from expressing their feelings and joy at their return to the arms of their loved ones.

Despite everything, our people yesterday presented an immortal day of memories, which will remain recorded in a story that deserves to be the story of a nation.