Khan Yunis, Gaza On the course of last week, Najat, brother, moved from her happiest, which she had ever gone in sorrow because she heard that her son, who was among the 620 Palestinian prisoners who were supposed to be released on Saturday, will not be released.

Dia Akha, who was arrested for the killing of an Israeli officer when he was 16 years old, was in prison for nearly 33 years, a miraculous family from Gaza in Israeli prisons.

Nagat, seventy -year -old, has waited for Dias since it was transferred on October 10, 1992. She has made a campaign, participated in the sit -ins, spoke at conferences, and became one of the most famous faces among the prisoners’ families.

“Oh, my son, I waited for this moment for 33 years, and I disappeared in front of my eyes,” she cried.

Destruction of brittle hope

Nagat is not the only person who crushed Israel’s decision not to release 620 Palestinian prisoners, although they are part of the ceasefire deal between it and Hamas in Gaza.

On Saturday, Hamas handed over more than six prisoners taken from Israel in October 2023 and Israel was supposed to launch 620 people detained at different times.

But he decided not to do so, claiming that the delivery ceremony of the six prisoners was “provocative”, and therefore he would stop the releases of prisoners.

When they told us that there would be no release, it collapsed, shouting: “Why? Why? ‘

“Then I lost consciousness.”

In that morning, Najat, her son Muhammad, his wife, his children and her daughter Ola with her children got on Salah al -Din Street to try to reach Khan Yunis, where it was expected to be issued. They were displaced in a large part of the war.

Salah al -Din is the only street of Israel allowing cars to use it.

“I was begging with the driver:” Please, my son, faster. “

“He could only reply:” He is outside my hands, my mother, look at traffic. “

It took more than an hour to reach their destroyed house in Khan Yunis, which Israel jumped in November 2023 during its attack on Gaza. The trip is about 24 km (15 miles).

Relatives, neighbors and friends gathered at home to celebrate the imminent version of Diaa.

“I was hugging people, I barely thought that I had finally heard these words after 33 years,” says Najat.

Some other prisoners urged her to wear embroidered dresses that she prepared in order to return home.

“They all knew [about the dresses] But they were lost when my house was destroyed [by Israel]She sighed.

Fragile hope rises

When I heard Nagat that Israel recently agreed to release Dia between Saturday’s batch, “her heart explodes almost with joy”, remembering tiredness.

“I dreamed of this day for a long time,” she said, and she wanders around her. “For 33 years, I was afraid that I would not live to see my son free.”

But she sticks to her hope. “Within a few days, it will be in my arms,” ​​as if she was actually ready.

Dia hot

Dia’s name came to include him in the exchange of past prisoners, and Israel refused, citing his crime.

A member of the 13 -year -old Fatah movement, Diaa began participating in armed operations at the age of 16.

Now, he suffers from health issues that affect his bones and digestive system, and yet appropriate medical treatment has been rejected, according to his mother.

Najat waited and prayed for other men in her family who had been seized before.

Her husband, Zakaria, was arrested in 1973 on charges of belonging to the resistance groups and spent two years in the Israeli nursery. He died in 2005, after a blow, saying he was because of his sadness in Dia’s vision in prison the day before.

Her older son, Azzam, was detained in 1990 because of belonging to a “dedicated terrorist military wing” and spent four years in prison, while Muhammad served 12 years, accused of shooting at the Israeli soldiers.

Every time, I waited for Najat, calculating the days and visiting when you can.

She also continued to visit Dia, although it is sometimes prohibited.

“But I consider myself lucky because the last time I saw it was only one month before the war on Gaza. It was in good health and souls.”

“Are we only pawns?”

Standing there is waiting for the launch of Diaa, and Najat passed through fear, expectation and hope.

She said, “

“I know that the Israeli prison guards are happy with the insulting prisoners in their last moments before their release,” Shake. “This is filled with dread.”

But she also imagined her first Ramadan spending in 33 years.

“I imagined myself preparing his favorite meals – I will not allow anyone else to cook. I want to replace throughout the years in which we have been separate.”

The idea of ​​leaving without him that night did not cross her mind – until she did.

“I saw people crying and whispering. My children gathered together, and I heard:” No, not today. “

My daughter first grabbed: “Tell me what is happening. What does “no” mean? “

Her children tried to calm her, assuring her that it was just a delay. But the world around it is unclear, as I put it.

“I didn’t want to hear anyone. I didn’t want to speak. I just shouted to protest until everything became dark.

“Are we just pawns for them?” She cried. Thirty-three years of waiting-isn’t this enough?

“I will see my son free, and we hope very soon,” she says, her voice determines. “I have been waiting for 33 years, I will wait a little longer.”