بعد أن أبلغه الاحتلال الإسرائيلي بمقتل زوجته وطفليه خلال حرب غزة، وهو في السجن، تفاجأ المصور الصحفي الفلسطيني شادي أبو سيدو، بعد وصوله إلى غزة ضمن صفقة الأسرى، بزوجته وطفليه على قيد الحياة.
وأكد أبو سيدو الذي اعتقله الاحتلال أثناء أدائه عمله الصحفي في مستشفى الشفاء شمالي القطاع في 18 مارس 2024م، أن حراس السجن الإسرائيلي أبلغوه بمقتل زوجته وطفليه، موضحا أنه تعرض للضرب المبرح والمعاملة المهينة في السجون الإسرائيلية.
وأوضح المصور الفلسطيني أنه عاد إلى غزة وهو يشعر أنه وحيد، ولم يكتشف أن رفيقة حياته وفلذتي كبده على قيد الحياة إلا بعد إطلاق سراحه، يوم الإثنين، بموجب اتفاق وقف إطلاق النار بوساطة أمريكية.
وأشار إلى أنه حين وصل إلى ممر منزل العائلة بخان يونس، ركضت زوجته هناء بهلول وارتمت بين ذراعيه، بينما هو ظل في حالة انبهار ويطبع القبلات على وجنتي ابنته وابنه، اللذين ظن أنه لن يراهما مرة أخرى.
وقال أبو سيدو: «سمعت صوتها فقط، سمعت صوت طفليّ، فصعقت، شعوري لا يوصف حينما شاهدتهم أحياء»، مضيفا: «لقد رأيت زوجتي وأولادي رغم أنهم كانوا وسط الموت، بل أُبلغت بموتهم».
وكان أبو سيدو بين 1700 فلسطيني احتجزتهم القوات الإسرائيلية خلال الحرب المدمرة في غزة.
وقال أبو سيدو إن السجن كان مقبرة الأحياء، مضيفا: «لقد نزعوا مني الروح عن الجسد، لكن لما رجعت إلى أرض غزة سرعان ما عادت الروح إلى الجسد، وعندما رأيت الدمار الكبير، كيف أبدأ من جديد؟».
بعد تبلغه بموت زوجته وطفليه.. سجين فلسطيني يتفاجأ بوجودهم على قيد الحياة
16 أكتوبر 2025 - 18:34
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After the Israeli occupation informed him of the death of his wife and two children during the Gaza war while he was in prison, Palestinian journalist Shadi Abu Seido was surprised, upon his arrival in Gaza as part of a prisoner exchange deal, to find that his wife and children were alive.
Abu Seido, who was arrested by the occupation while performing his journalistic duties at Al-Shifa Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2024, confirmed that Israeli prison guards had informed him of the death of his wife and children, explaining that he had been subjected to severe beating and degrading treatment in Israeli prisons.
The Palestinian photographer explained that he returned to Gaza feeling alone, and he did not discover that his life partner and his beloved children were alive until after his release on Monday, under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.
He noted that when he arrived at the family home corridor in Khan Younis, his wife Hanan Bahlul ran to him and collapsed into his arms, while he remained in a state of astonishment, showering kisses on the cheeks of his daughter and son, whom he thought he would never see again.
Abu Seido said: “I only heard her voice, I heard my children’s voices, and I was stunned. My feelings are indescribable when I saw them alive,” adding: “I saw my wife and children even though they were amidst death; I was even informed of their deaths.”
Abu Seido was among 1,700 Palestinians detained by Israeli forces during the devastating war in Gaza.
Abu Seido stated that prison was a graveyard for the living, adding: “They stripped my soul from my body, but when I returned to the land of Gaza, the soul quickly returned to the body, and when I saw the massive destruction, how do I start anew?”
Abu Seido, who was arrested by the occupation while performing his journalistic duties at Al-Shifa Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip on March 18, 2024, confirmed that Israeli prison guards had informed him of the death of his wife and children, explaining that he had been subjected to severe beating and degrading treatment in Israeli prisons.
The Palestinian photographer explained that he returned to Gaza feeling alone, and he did not discover that his life partner and his beloved children were alive until after his release on Monday, under a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.
He noted that when he arrived at the family home corridor in Khan Younis, his wife Hanan Bahlul ran to him and collapsed into his arms, while he remained in a state of astonishment, showering kisses on the cheeks of his daughter and son, whom he thought he would never see again.
Abu Seido said: “I only heard her voice, I heard my children’s voices, and I was stunned. My feelings are indescribable when I saw them alive,” adding: “I saw my wife and children even though they were amidst death; I was even informed of their deaths.”
Abu Seido was among 1,700 Palestinians detained by Israeli forces during the devastating war in Gaza.
Abu Seido stated that prison was a graveyard for the living, adding: “They stripped my soul from my body, but when I returned to the land of Gaza, the soul quickly returned to the body, and when I saw the massive destruction, how do I start anew?”