Liberated Palestinian prisoner, Ibrahim Al -Sarhneh, 57, said that he had gone to a reality different from what he left more than two decades ago, and that a full generation was born and grew up in his absence.
This came during his conversation with a certain number of journalists, while receiving at his home in the Dahisha camp in the city of Bethlehem, in the south of the occupied West Bank, where he was received by a large crowd of families and solidarity.
“The feeling of freedom is not constantly described, after spending a long life, we are faced with a whole generation which was young and become tall, I do not know them all,” said Al -Sarhna.
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 spoke of his difficult circumstances, especially after October 7, 2023, noting that “the first 22 years of detention are one thing, and beyond October, that is another thing, in reference to the tightening of treatment to The interior of the Israeli prisons during the Gaza genocide.
Festive atmosphere
The liberated prisoner expressed his satisfaction with the festive atmosphere which accompanied his reception, saying: “The feeling of reception is beautiful, people stand together and all have treated that they are our people and are ready to do all duty. “
He pointed out that the happiest thing is that he found his family and his loved ones well.
It should be noted that Al -Sarhana was arrested in 2002 and sentenced to 6 perpetuity relaxation and 45, who spent 23 years, and he is married to two women, Mervat and she is the mother of 5 children, Irina , which is Ukrainian nationality and a mother of two daughters.
Fighter
“Irina also experienced the arrest experience when her husband’s arrest was arrested, and was released as part of the” Wafaa Al -Ahrar “agreement in 2011 after 9 years has passed since her arrest of its 20 years rule.
In addition to Abraham, Israel also released his two brothers Khalil and Moses on Saturday, who passed a prison sentence for life, and he was moved from Khalil abroad.
Al -Sarhna was released, as part of the sixth lot which included the release of 369 prisoners, including 333 from Gaza, who were arrested after October 7, 2023, in addition to 36 life prisoners.
The “Flood of the Liberals” agreement in its first stage includes the release of Palestinian prisoners from 1737, because this stage extends over a period of 6 weeks, by weekly payments.
On January 19, a cease-fire and prisoner exchange agreement with 3 steps began in force of 42 days, to negotiate in the first to start the second, with Qatar and Egypt and support the States -Unis.
With American support, Israel was committed from October 7, 2023 and January 19, 2025, an extermination group in Gaza, which left around 160,000 Palestinian and injured martyrs, most children and women, and more than 14,000 missing.