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Thu 13 Apr 2023 5:01 pm - Jerusalem Time

The wife of the prisoner Muhammad Hanaysha: We are saddened by his absence, and we hope that he will be with us on the next Eid

During the pre-dawn meal, the Israeli special units stormed the house of the young man, Muhammad Amer Hanaysha (40 years), in the town of Qabatiya , and took him from among his children during the month of Ramadan. An atmosphere of sadness prevailed in his family’s house, as they pass the current holy month, and their son is still in prison, a hostage. Unjust administrative detention , which has been extended three times in a row.


In the town of Qabatiya in Jenin Governorate, the captive Muhammad was born, raised, and lives. He learned, as his wife tells, in her schools until he successfully completed high school, then he joined the Arab American University, specializing in physiotherapy. He was released within a short period of time, the occupation re-arrested him, and prevented him from continuing his university studies, and he was sentenced to 44 months in actual prison.


Umm Muammar says: "After his release from the second arrest, he worked hard until he was able to establish his life, we got married, and devoted his life to the family, especially after we had three children, the eldest of whom is Muammar 10 years old and the youngest of whom is the girl Ayloul 4 years, and in his arms we lived a beautiful and stable life, until it was disturbed by the occupation." We".


The family’s joy did not last in the blessed month of Ramadan, as the occupation targeted it, as Umm Muammar recalls, when the “Yamam” unit and dozens of soldiers stormed her house during the Ramadan Suhoor at dawn on 4/26/2022, and she says: “We were surprised by their presence inside our house, after they blew up and destroyed the main gate.” They spread everywhere in a frightening manner and terrified our children. During the raid, they were on alert and shouting at us. They detained me and my children and isolated us in a room from my husband.”


She added: "The undercover men did not take into account the panic and terror of my children and their screams. I felt fear and anxiety for my husband, whom they subjected to field investigation, then tied him up and prevented me from seeing him or talking to him, and they refused to allow him to say goodbye to his children, with the aim of terrifying us and destroying our will and our morale as the families of prisoners, but no matter how unjust the occupation practiced and despite the suffering By arresting my husband, the will is strong and morale is high, and they will not break us."


Muhammad’s arrest was a great shock to his wife and children, who still cry daily for missing their father, who was transferred by the occupation to the investigation cellars in Al-Jalama prison, and his wife says: “Throughout the interrogation period, there was no news of him, and we were patient in the hope of his freedom and his return to his children, but the great tragedy that we lived through was the death of Muhammad. His sister, Raeda Hanaisheh, died of a malignant disease 19 days after his arrest, and the news did not reach him until after the end of the 40-day torture journey, which caused him great shock and sadness that cannot be described in words.


She adds, "After his detention was extended several times, and although he was not convicted of any charge, they refused to release him, and transferred him to administrative detention for a period of 6 months, under the pretext of a secret file."


And she continues: "When he finished the period, they renewed his administrative term for a second time for six months, and the lawyer filed an objection and appeal, demanding his release because there was no charge or evidence to justify his arrest, so the court reduced the period by two months."


According to the reduction, the date for the release of the prisoner Muhammad was set on 28/2/2023, and as the date approached, his family began preparing to celebrate his freedom, but they faced a new shock, as his wife says: "They refused to release him, and they handed him a decision from the Israeli intelligence to renew his detention for the third time." For 4 months, the lawyer filed an appeal, but the court rejected it on the recommendation of the intelligence services, as part of the continuous targeting of my husband, despite their inability to convict him of any charge.


She adds: "My eighty-year-old mother-in-law, Khader Hanaysha, suffered a health setback and became ill because of his refusal to release her. She was transferred to the hospital, as she suffers from heart problems. She could not bear the news, and was psychologically and healthily affected by her daughter's death and the renewal of her youngest son's arrest, and the continued deprivation of her and his children from him without charge or reason." ".


And she continues: "My mother-in-law has not been able to visit and see her son since his arrest due to illness and old age, although she previously spent 9 years at the prison gates to visit him in his previous arrests, and to visit her second son, Amjad, who spent 6 years and was freed, and every moment she talks about him and does not stop praying." The Lord of the worlds, to extend her life so that he can return to her arms and embrace him freely without restrictions, the doctors approved the implantation of a heart valve for her, but the operation was canceled because her health condition is unbearable.


The patient wife, Umm Muammar, defied the circumstances and assumed her responsibilities with patience and loyalty, and continued her life, as a teacher in her job, and a caretaker and educator for her children in her home, and followed up on the issue of her husband’s arrest and his visit behind bars, and she says: “His absence affected all of our lives, but we will not allow the occupation to harm us and destroy our lives.” The Lord of the Worlds honored me with patience, and I still fulfill all my duties and provide for all the needs of my children, but no one can compensate them for the love and tenderness of their father.


And she adds: "My son Muammar has a close relationship with his father, and feels sad after he became deprived of all the beautiful things that his father used to provide for her. Likewise, the two children, Elia and Aylul, miss their father, and remember him in every moment and situation, especially in Ramadan."


And she continues: "Our pain and sadness are great since the beginning of the holy month, because we miss my husband and we feel anxious about the nightmare of administrative detention, and we pray to the Lord of the Worlds that this suffering will end and he will return to us on the next Eid."

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