| The Story of
Martyrdom:
On Friday, the 16th of January, it was the fourth monthly
memory of the mother’s departure after a long sickness
that led to her death. However, it was also the first memory
for the departure of Ayah, Mayar, and Baysan `Ezz Al-Din Abu
Al-`Aysh, in addition to their cousin Nour Shihab Al-Din Abu
Al-`Aysh. The scene was described through sad words on the
tongues of the survivors (Rufah, Muhammad, and `Abdullah).
Ayah was in her room, as usual, studying her lessons and
reading whatever she wanted of useful books in order to
expand her knowledge because she was of wide knowledge.
Mayar sat beside her on the computer, whereas the rest of
the girls chatted about the war and their childhood.
Outside, the father was playing with his two children:
Muhammad and `Abdullah, perhaps playing could ease the pain
of losing their mothers. He has just run out of the girls’
room after he had checked on their conditions. As soon as he
had left the room, he heard the sound of a loud explosion,
the columns of smoke were high, and he lost his sight. He
could not see anything, but heard a voice from far distance;
it was the voice of Baysan who ran to the source of the
explosion and to her surprise, it was in the girls’ room.
Before her sight, she saw her sister Ayah taking her last
breaths. Baysan shouted "Papa, Ayah!" but another
heavy shell caused Baysan to lose her life and fall martyr
along with Ayah, Nour, and Mayar, whereas Ghayda’ and the
Uncle were hit with another shell.
The father said with continuous tears that he was keen
not to let his family sleep in one room. He added, "We
used to sleep on the ground for fear of missiles, so I used
to put each two daughters behind one wall, but the shell
killed their childhood in daylight. May Allah provide us
with patience!"
After the departure of her mother, Ayah contained her
younger siblings (Rufah, Muhammad, and `Abdullah). She took
care of them and gave them from her kind heart. As soon as
she came from school, she took the role of a mother. She
started to clean and tidy the house then went to the kitchen
to prepare dinner for her young siblings. She took care of
them until they finish their school homework then she would
help them in studying their lessons and encourage them to be
distinct in order to make her mother happy in her grave.
Rufah said with her eyes filled with tears: "Ayah used
to love me so much and I loved her also because she was kind
and good. She used to help my in studying my lessons and
when I made a mistake, she would rebuke me but later on she
would hug me and encourage me to be more attentive in order
to be excellent in study."
Not only Ayah took care of her young siblings, but also
she care with everyone and busied herself with the worries
of everybody. In all occasions, she used to run for helping
families in regard of the housework and tidying of the
house. Her sister Rufah said about her: "Nobody could
surpass her in morals and manners and likewise was the case
in study and learning. She was the sweetheart of the
family."
Ayah, the thirteen-years-old girl was nicknamed by her
uncle's wife, Um Jihad, by "The young scholar"
because of her passion for science and research in various
areas such as historical, cultural and purely scientific.
She used to compete with her sisters in the first class
student in Palestine at high school. She wished to send the
news of Palestine to the whole world, after she finish her
press study and practice the profession of searching for the
trouble, but the news of her death preceded all other news.
She was killed by shells that uprooted her dream and her
innocence.
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