The liberated Palestinian prisoner, Ibrahim Al -Sarhneh, 57, said that he went out to a different reality from what he left more than two decades ago, and that a full generation was born and grew in his absence.
This came during his conversation with a number of journalists, while receiving at his home in the Dahisha camp in the city of Bethlehem, in the southern occupied West Bank, where he was received by a large crowd of families and solidarity.
“The feeling of freedom is not described permanently, after spending a long life, we are facing a whole generation that was young and became big, I do not know them all,” Al -Sarhna said.
He added: “We left them young, and we were released while they were old. Everyone knows what the father means that the father is far from his children.”
He talked about his harsh circumstances, especially after October 7, 2023, noting that “the first 22 years of detention is a thing, and beyond October is another thing, indicating the tightening of the treatment inside Israeli prisons during the genocide of Gaza.
Festive atmosphere
The liberated prisoner expressed his satisfaction with the festive atmosphere that accompanied his reception, saying: “The feeling of reception is beautiful, people stand together, and all of them dealt that they are our people and are ready to do any duty.”
He stressed that the most happiest thing is that he found his family and loved ones fine.
It is noteworthy that Al -Sarhana was arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 6 life imprisonment and 45 years, who spent 23 years, and he is married to two women, Mervat and she is the mother of 5 children, Irina, who is Ukrainian nationality and a mother of two daughters.
Fighter
“Irina also went through the arrest experience at the time of the arrest of her husband, and was released as part of the” Wafaa Al -Ahrar “deal in 2011 after 9 years have passed since her arrest from her 20 -year rule.
Besides Abraham, Israel also released Saturday from his two brothers Khalil and Moses, who were spending life imprisonment, and He was removed from Khalil abroad.
Al -Sarhna was liberated, as part of the sixth batch that included the release of 369 prisoners, including 333 from Gaza, who were arrested after October 7, 2023, in addition to 36 prisoners of life.
The “Flood of the Liberals” deal in its first stage includes the release of 1737 Palestinian prisoners, as this stage extends over a period of 6 weeks, by weekly payments.
On January 19, a ceasefire and prisoner exchange agreement with 3 stages began in force of 42 days, to be negotiated in the first to start the second, through Qatar and Egypt and support the United States.
With American support, Israel committed from October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, a group extermination in Gaza, which left about 160,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.
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