AL-KHALIL (PIC)– Female Israeli conscripts repeatedly beat Hadeel al-Faqih the wife of the slain Palestinian anti-occupation activist Mohammed al-Faqih. The soldiers hit her on the back and stomach in what the Palestinian family perceive as an attempt to assassinate the fetus.
Hadeel al-Faqih said that IOF targeted her on Wednesday at dawn as a huge force of the Israeli army broke into her father’s home and attacked her and her father Zuheir Barakat Awda who tried to prevent them from arresting her.
Mohammed al-Faqih was assassinated by Israeli soldiers in Surif town after he was surrounded in a house for around six hours in armed clashes between him and the IOF. The Israeli forces opened heavy fire and launched eight shoulder-fired missiles at the house where al-Faqih ahd taken shelter.
Threats
Hadeel al-Faqih the four-month pregnant widow said that the IOF threatened her directly as they said “We have had enough revenge from the people of al-Khalil. Now we are after you. Even if Mohammed is dead we will arrest you and abort your fetus.”
She added that two Israeli female conscripts beat her on the back and stomach dragged her on the floor threw her at the wall and forcibly pushed her to the door while their eyes were focused on her stomach.
Arrest attempt
Al-Faqih went on “After beating me severely the Israeli forces dragged me into a room interrogated me and said they would arrest me.”
According to al-Faqih the IOF broke into her father’s home at 1.30 a.m. while her father was out. They were taking her to an Israeli jeep when she saw her father coming. He started asking the Israeli officers about what was going on. She said “As I stopped before the jeep I looked back and saw my father lying on the ground unconscious.”
Awda’s health condition
“The IOF soldiers left my father on the ground for 30 minutes without allowing anyone to reach him or me. When they noticed that my father had reached a very critical condition the forces withdrew hurriedly” she added.
Her father was taken to the UNRWA hospital in Qalqilya as he sustained a critical brain hemorrhage and lungs damage.
“When my father was on the ground I recalled the situation when the soldiers killed my husband and an Israeli intelligence agent smiled and told me we killed Muhammad without letting you see him” she said.
According to medical reports Awda’s chance of going back to normal life is very slim.
