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Story of Martyrdom:
In the morning of
the 6th of January, Muhammad Al Dayah went to the masjid to
perform the Fajr Salah. He looked at his children (the
eldest of them is six years old) for the last time while
they were asleep and covered in the moderate winter of Gaza.
He had performed
Salah but did not directly go back home for fear of Israeli
shells, however the missile that was fired from an F-16 at
his flat that was on the third floor of his family house
forced him to leave the masjid to see what had happened. The
condition of Abu Yusuf (Muhammad Al Dayah) was very tragic
because until today he was unable to get out the the pieces
of his four children and his pregnant wife from under the
rubble.
The first child that
was martyred was Amany (six years old) who was one of the 23
persons who were killed in the raid when the four-floor
house fell on their heads. That little girl knew the meaning
of being the elder of her siblings. She was as her father
says: “Seems older than her real age.” Whenever he
returned home, he found her washing the dishes, sweeping the
floor, or helping her mother in baking the bread and the
bites of "oil and thyme." When the parents went
out, Amany was the suitable house watch who took the
responsibility of taking care of the young children.
The father of Amany,
who began to speak heavily about losing his four children
and his pregnant wife, said: "I felt pity for Amany
much because she always insisted to work actively in the
house." Two days before the beginning of war, Amany
asked his father to give her 5 shekels (the current local
currency) to pay them to her school as a price for the
papers of the tests, but she was martyred before taking the
tests. Her father adds: "Despite helping her mother in
the housework, she was diligent in her study, as she used to
go to the masjid to memorize the Qur'an and listen the
religious lessons with her cousins (may Allah bestow mercy
on their soul). They all were martyred. Allah is Sufficient
for us, and how fine a trustee He is!"
The wife of her
uncle Nafidh says: "Amany was very kind and calm, and
did not make trouble as the young children. I was grieved
for her when she was martyred and my daughters miss her and
feel pain for her. Allah is Sufficient for us, and how fine
a trustee He is!" As for her aunt Um Jihad, she says:
"Whenever I went to her house I found her mother was
helping her in her study because she wished that she would
continue her study actively and reach a leading scientific
position to serve her community."
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