Israeli
Occupation Devours Little Asmaa
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Asmaa’s
father cries over her dead body |
OCCUPIED
GAZA, August 6 (IslamOnline) – When nine-year-old Asmaa Tahseen
Ahmad spoke to her aunt about the new school uniform and bag she
planned to buy for the new academic year, she didn’t know that the
Israeli occupation was set to eat up her simple dreams and make off
with her life as it did hundreds of her peers throughout the
past few months.
On
Thursday, August 1, Asmaa went out with her mother on a visit to aunt
Fatma’s house a few meters away from their place and exactly 300
meters off the illegal Netzar Hazani settlement, west of Al-Kararah in
khan Younes.
As
the family sat in peace in the house backyard, they heard sounds of
Israeli bullets and the children started screaming.
Asmaa’s
mother jumped to her feet and held her baby to her bosom in a
desperate attempt to hide it from the wave of bullets. As she did
that, she heard Asmaa scream. The little girl was sitting in a chair
– her back covered in blood. A minute later, her fragile body
embraced the floor.
The
shocked mother quickly took Asmaa to Nassr hospital, hoping the child
was still alive. But it was too late.
The
bereaved mother could not believe her very daughter – that little
girl who was just promising her to come at the top of her class –
was so brutally murdered and was gone forever.
“The
children long argued to visit their aunt in order to have some fun,”
the mother said. “They were all very happy, especially with
Asmaa’s funny stories.”
Sheikh
Tahseen, Asmaa’a father, a lecturer in Islamic Da’wa College,
seemed patient enough, describing his murdered daughter as
“beloved” and “clever.”
“She
was studying at Al-Kararah primary school and was supposed to move to
the third year, but Allah chose otherwise. He chose her for Shahada
[martyrdom],” he said.
Asmaa’s
massive funeral procession issued from the Grand Mosque in Khan
Younes, Friday, August 2. Her pure body was laid to rest in the
Shohadaa (Martyrs) Cemetery.
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