Watan-The Qatari channel “Al Jazeera” aired a poignant video of a Palestinian mother bidding farewell to her only son, who was martyred due to an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip. She said she named him “Isa, son of Mary.”
The grieving mother appeared collapsed over her son’s body, saying with a touching tone as she kissed his cheeks, “Oh, the soul of your mother, wake up.” She added, “Isa, the beloved of your mother, wake up, my dear, the beloved of your mother.”
“I named you Isa, son of Mary”
With a tearful tone, she added, “I named you Isa, wake up,” referring to Jesus Christ born in Bethlehem, and repeated again, “I named you Isa, son of Mary,” as some mourners helped her stand, saying, “I am not satisfied without him.”
Then she resumed kissing her martyr child, saying, “My son, I feel you’re alive.” She embraced his body, saying, “I want to go to Gaza for you, my son.” Then, as she carried him and walked, she said, “This is the soul of his mother.” She addressed someone who tried to take the body from her, “Don’t take him; this is the soul of his mother.”
The recovery of martyrs’ bodies
Meanwhile, the Gaza government media office reported that during the past 24 hours, the occupation committed 6 massacres in the sector, resulting in 79 martyrs and 86 injured.
On Wednesday, operations to recover the martyrs’ bodies continued from the mass grave at the Nasser Hospital compound in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza, amid ongoing shelling and clashes.
The Civil Defense in Gaza stated that they recovered 51 bodies from the mass grave in the Nasser Hospital compound, which faced Israeli siege. Thus, the number of martyrs’ bodies recovered by the Civil Defense for the sixth consecutive day reached 334 bodies.