| Details of the Last Hours:The conditions in Gaza have terrified all people. But mother of martyr Ghanima worried about an additional issue. The mother saw a vision about her mother in law asking her husband to bring her some "kunafah" (a kind of sweets), and sought a special kind which is very slender and delicious. That dream was interpreted that some member of the family will die, and it came true; it was her daughter, Ghanima.
Like all inhabitants of the area, Ghanima's mother evacuated and left her house. Two days later she went back home to wash clothes there and Ghanima followed her. When the mother finished washing she started to hang the washing on the clothesline, while Ghanima stood by the door carrying her baby sister Sujoud whom she loved very much, waiting for her mother to finish and go together to her grandfather's house.
Ghanima stayed at the door for some time looking to each part of the house as if she was saying farewell to it. Her mother followed her and asked her to wait until they went out together. Yet Ghanima replied:
"You are worried about me mum! You took your fill of me today, and I gave you your kiss. Now I yearn to be a martyr."
Ghanima's mother cried when she heard these words. After five minutes Ghanima's supplication was answered as she was killed on Friday at the house door with an Israeli shell.
The mother says: "my daughter ran quickly to see what happened, then she came back shouting 'Ghanima got martyred, mum; her hand is cut off and her body burnt…but I don't see Sujoud'."
The shocked mother ran to the place of the crime, but she couldn't tolerate the monstrous scene and fainted.
Other Information: Ghanima fell martyr, while her beloved sister who was just a baby was thrown meters away by force of strike and splinters penetrated her body, and a surgical operation will be done for her within a month.
Ghanima's mother says: "As soon as I began washing the clothes Ghanima asked me to give her a shower, and I did. Then she asked me to style her hair. It was strange of her as she used to style it herself, and she said to me 'by Allah, mum, I like you style my hair for me today', so I did it. Then she decided to change her clothes which she had just put on, saying 'I want to wear the clothes of the `Eid (festival)'. I refused because there was no time for that. Then I hurriedly sympathized with her and told her to wear whatever she liked. She wore a jeans and a woolen blouse and kissed me."
Ghanima was the third one among Sultan's seven children; however she was the most beloved by her mother, who says:
"she was very intelligent, and unlike her sisters she used to obey me at once."
Her Dreams: Like most of Gaza girls, Ghanima dreamt to build a beautiful house with her husband where she would bring up her children after completing her studies.
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