Kwakutheni ukuze uHaifa Hindiya, umfazi oneminyaka engama-38 ubudala otshatileyo nonina wabantwana abahlanu, ahlabe ijoni kwindawo yokuhlola ngomhla wokuqala wenyanga yeRamadan? Ngaba kwakungenxa yokuba wabethwa waza wahlaziswa ngumyeni wakhe, njengoko intsapho yakhe isitsho? Okanye ngenxa yokuba wayegula ngengqondo, edandathekile, njengoko umyeni wakhe esitsho? Ngaba isibakala sokuba indlu yabazali bakhe yadilizwa kwiminyaka emithathu edluleyo, nangona abazali bakhe babengenzanga nto iphosakeleyo, saba nemiphumo, njengoko umntakwabo esitsho? Ngaba kwakungenxa yomsebenzi, njengoko ibango likaFatah, owamamkela ngoko nangoko kwintlangano yentshukumo waza wambhengeza ukuba ungushahida (umfeli-nkolo) emva kokuba edutyulwe wabulawa ngamajoni kwindawo yokuhlola?
Amakhaya amabini eNablus ngoku alilela iHaifa Hindiya. Abantu abazilayo kwikhaya elikummandla waseUpper Dahiya, phezulu kwiNtaba ye-Eival, ngabazali bakhe, oodade wabo nomntakwabo; abazili kwikhaya elisekupheleni kwenkampu yeembacu eBalata ngumyeni nabantwana bakhe. Iqela ngalinye libeka izityholo ezinzulu kwelinye, kodwa omabini amakhaya ayavuma ukuba iHaifa yayifuna ukufa. Wayegqibile ngobomi bakhe. “Wayefuna ukuphumla,” utsho unina, owambona okokugqibela ngengokuhlwa engaphambi kokuba aye kwindawo ekuhlolwa kuyo izimoto, ingokuhlwa elusizi neziganeko eziphikisanayo nazo. Umyeni uthi unina wamgxotha, unina uthi wabongoza intombi yakhe ukuba igoduke kumyeni wayo ngaphambi kweholide.
Kwakuyimini yokuqala yeRamadan kwaye umfazi ovela kumda weBalata ngokusobala wanikezela ngenxa yokoyika iholide. Inyanga yokutya kwentsapho yomthendeleko ngokuhlwa emva kokuhlwa ukukhulula ukutya kunokuba ngumthwalo ocinezelayo kunye nosongelayo kwintsapho ephazamisayo kunye nabasetyhini abanobunzima ngokulinganayo. Ke, ekuphela kwendlela yokuphuma eyayibonakala elundini lwayo edakumbileyo yayikukuthatha imela ukuya kwindawo yokuhlola evala isixeko. Akukho nto ilula njengokuzibulala kwindawo yokukhangela i-Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Into ekufuneka uyenzile kukukhupha imela kwaye wenze inxeba elincinci kwijoni - kule meko ijoni elibhinqileyo - kwaye umzimba wakho uya kugcwala iimbumbulu kwangoko. Yiloo nto kanye eyenzekayo kuHaifa, ibhinqa elalisele lifile. Umnqweno wakhe wokugqibela – ukufa phambi kwexesha leholide – wazalisekiswa ngamajoni e-IDF.
Emehlweni akwaSirayeli, inkampu yeembacu yaseBalata, ekumathambeka aseNablus, ibonakala njengendawo embi. Yingqokelela yamatyotyombe amabi, axineneyo alawulwa ngumbala ongwevu. Ivenkile yokuchwela ye-Munir Yaish ibekwe kumgangatho wokuqala wesakhiwo esisekupheleni kwenkampu, kwaye kumgangatho wesithathu - indawo yesikhashana efikeleleke kwi-staircase ephazamisayo - yindlu yentsapho. Kulapha apho umchweli uMunir Yaish kunye nenkosikazi yakhe uHaifa Hindiya babehlala khona. Apha bakhulisa abantwana babo abahlanu: Farida (14), Asaraa (12), Rahama (10), Ahmed (8) noTisnim (6). Apha baphila ubomi babo kwaye babeneengxabano ezingapheliyo. Apha uHaifa, oneminyaka engama-38, wawela kuxinzelelo, engqongwe lusapho lomyeni wakhe, ekubonakala ukuba lwalumngcungcuthekisa kwaye lwamxhaphaza. Into yokuba wayeneentombi ezine kunye nonyana omnye kuphela yezinye zezizathu zolu nyango. Kuyabonakala ukuba abantwana bakhe nabo babemcekisa, bephenjelelwa nguyise nosapho lwakhe.
Kananjalo akukho kusilela kobungqina, kwicala losapho lakwaHaifa, ukuba umyeni wakhe uhlala embetha. UMunir uyakukhanyela oku kwaye uthi inkosikazi yakhe yayigula ngengqondo kwaye yawela kwimeko yoxinzelelo lwezonyango kwiminyaka eyi-10 eyadlulayo. Njengobungqina ubonisa amaxwebhu ezonyango, imiyalelo kunye nebhegi equlethe izidakamizwa ze-psychotropic ezathathwa ngumfazi wakhe. UMunir: “Ebengakhathali kumyeni wakhe nasebantwaneni. Wafumana ukufudumala nothando kule ndlu, kodwa kwicala labazali bakhe akazange afumane nto. Wayeziva evinjwa loo nto yaye yayimenza adandatheke.” Kodwa ngokukhawuleza emva koko wongezelela: “Wayenovelwano kakhulu, enovelwano kuyo yonke into encinane.” Mhlawumbi omabini amacala alungile - mhlawumbi wabethwa kwaye wahlaziswa, kwaye ngenxa yoko waba nokudakumba kwaye wagula ngengqondo.
Kungakhathaliseki ukuba kunjalo, kwiiveki ezimbini ezidlulileyo ngoLwesibini, i-4 ka-Okthobha, umhla wokuqala wenyanga engcwele yamaSilamsi, uHaifa wavuka ekuseni, njengesiqhelo, wacengceleza imithandazo yakusasa waza walungiselela abantwana bakhe ukuya esikolweni. UMunir wabashiya abantwana, njengesiqhelo. UHaifa akazange athethe nto: Ubehlala ethule kwezi nyanga zidlulileyo, kwaye akukho nto ayenzileyo ebonisa ukuba kuza kwenzeka ntoni ngolu suku, usuku lokugqibela lobomi bakhe obugxwayibayo. Ukubuya kukaMunir, iHaifa yayingasekho. Ekubeni maxa wambi wayesiya yedwa, wayengakukhathaleli ukungabikho kwakhe.
Ngokutsho kukaMunir, imeko yomfazi wakhe yayiye yaqina ukususela ekuchithweni kwekhaya labazali bakhe kwi-IDF ye-Operation Defensive Shield ngo-Ephreli 2002. Yonke impahla yabo yalahleka kumabhodlo, kwaye isizathu kuphela kukuba isakhiwo sasijonge phezu kweBalata. Isibakala sokuba umninawa kaMunir, uBashir, 34, wabulawa ngaxeshanye nomntu owayedlula ngexesha lokubulawa okujoliswe kuko ngumkhosi wakwa-Israel nako kwamchaphazela ngokunzulu, utshilo umhlolo. Nangona kunjalo, akazange athethe ngezopolitiko, akazange asebenze kuyo nayiphi na intlangano kwaye akazange aveze uluvo malunga neziganeko. “Intombazana elungileyo, elunge kakhulu,” wangenelela umnakwabo, uAmar Hindiya. Wayengathethi nabantu ukuba abathethi naye.
U-Amar Hindiya ukhona kwincoko noMunir. Uthetha ngesiHebhere, ulwimi angaluqondiyo usibali wakhe – yaye unikela ingxelo eyahlukileyo ngokuphathelele ezi ziganeko: “Jonga ubuso bakhe! Akangomntu. Ubehlala noodadewabo abahlanu, nto leyo efana nokuba uhlala nooninazala abahlanu endlini.” Kwikhaya lakwaHindiya, bathi omnye udade bomyeni, ongumhlohli kwiYunivesithi iAl-Najah eNablus, kutyholwa ukuba wayedla ngokuxelela iintombi zikaHaifa ukuba azinakuze zibafumane abayeni ngenxa yokuba unina wayegula ngengqondo.
Umyeni uyakhala ngokungabikho komsebenzi kwivenkile yokuchwela kunye nemeko yezoqoqosho enzima - abantu abanakho ukuzisa izitulo ukuba zilungiswe kwi-NIS 5 ngexesha lokungqingwa okukhohlakeleyo kweNablus. Lo mzalwana usisa kwivenkile yokuchwela ukuze asibonise ukuba usibali wakhe akasweleki msebenzi: “Ufuna imali engakumbi.” U-Amar uqinisekile ukuba u-Munir usasaza ibali lokugula ngengqondo kwenkosikazi yakhe kungekuphela nje ukuba akhuphe uxanduva loko kwenzeka kuye, kodwa nokuthintela ukudilizwa kwekhaya labo yi-IDF-eyoyikayo yonke intsapho yabanqolobi.
Ngobusuku obungaphambi kwesiganeko, uHaifa noMunir balala kunye. Ngaloo mvakwemini babeye kuthenga iRamadan, umyeni uthi-obunye ubungqina bemvisiswano yasekhaya. Kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ngaphambilana, lo mzalwana ubalisa, umninawa womyeni weza kuye waza wamxelela ukuba imeko kaMunir noHaifa yayimbi. UAmar waya kudade wabo wambuza ukuba kwenzeka ntoni ekhaya. Wathi kuye, “izinto zinzima; UMunir ucaphukile mva nje.” UMunir uthi ngomhla wesibini ukuya kumhla wokugqibela wobomi bakhe, uHaifa wayefuna ukuya kubona ikhaya labazali bakhe elidiliziweyo, elisakhiwa ngokutsha. “Kwakungekho ngxaki phakathi kwethu. Ingxaki yakhe kukuba wayegula, isigulo esathabatha iminyaka.”
Oku kulandelayo luxwebhu lwezonyango oluvela kwiZiko Lonyango Nokubuyisela Kwisimo Sesiqhelo Samaxhoba Athuthunjisiweyo, lutyikitywe ngumalathisi welo ziko, uGqr. Mahmud Sehwail, olwanikwa uMunir kuphela emva kokufa kukaHaifa: “Lo ukhankanywe ngasentla wanyangwa sithi sisuka. NgoSeptemba 29, 1995 ukuya kuJuni 15, 2005 ngenxa yokudandatheka kweqondo eliphezulu, kuquka ukubonakaliswa kwe-schizophrenia. Ngexesha lonyango kunye nokulandelwa, wafumana iziganeko ezininzi zokuwohloka kwimeko yakhe kwaye wafumana iyeza lokudakumba kunye ne-schizophrenia. Uye wathunyelwa ukuba ayokunyangwa ukothuka kombane kwisibhedlele sabagula ngengqondo eBethlehem.”
UAmar, umzalwana, uya kuthi emva koko, esi siqinisekiso sonyango safunyanwa ngobuxoki. Uqinisekile ukuba umyeni wakhawuleza ukuya kuyifumana emva kokufa kukaHaifa, ukuze athintele ukudilizwa kwendlu yabo. UMunir uthi ufumene isiqinisekiso sikagqirha ngemeko yakhe ukuze aphikise intlebendwane ebisasazwa esixekweni yokuba wabetha inkosikazi yakhe. Amar: “Uzama ukuthini? Ubaleke apha. Ebengafuni kuhlala kulendlu. Wayefuna ukufa.” Lo mzalwana uqinisekile ukuba wayengenayo enye indlela yokushiya ikhaya nabantwana bakhe ngaphandle kokufa yaye wayengenayo enye indlela yokufa ngaphandle kokuya kwindawo ekuhlolwa kuyo imela nemela. UMunir uthi ngewayezibulele ngokuginya iipilisi ezininzi endlwini.
UGqr. Ghassan Hamdan, umalathisi wesebe laseNablus loManyano LweeKomiti Zoncedo Lwezonyango ZasePalestina, ohamba nathi kolo tyelelo, uthi akukho ndlela yokuba isiqinisekiso sonyango sasinokufunyanwa ngobuqhetseba. U-Amar ubalisa ngesiganeko esenzeka kwiiveki ezimbalwa ngaphambi kokufa kukadade wabo, apho wayelingqina khona, xa uMunir wacela uHaifa ukuba amenzele ikomityi yeti kwaye, xa engazange avume, wamtyhala ngamandla, wambetha phantsi. Abantwana abathethi nto. Kukwakho nengxabano efana noRashomon malunga nento eyenzekayo ngobusuku bokugqibela bobomi bakhe, kwikhaya labazali bakhe. UHaifa waya khona nabantwana. UMunir uthi wakhutshelwa ngaphandle kwendlu ngokulihlazo, ngezithuko kunye nokutyholwa, isenzo esamngxwelerha ngokunzulu. UAmar uthi ngabantwana abathi, bephenjelelwa nguyise, bathuka umakhulu wabo. Umama kaHaifa, uSakina, usixelela ukuba wabongoza intombi yakhe, eyayihlala imoyika umyeni wayo, ukuba ibuyele ekhaya ngenxa yeRamadan. “Intombi yam ibingaguli. Phambi kokuba asweleke weza kuthi wakhalaza ngobomi bakhe obunzima nomyeni wakhe. Wayefuna ukuhlala iveki apha. Andizange ndivume, ngenxa yeRamadan. Umyeni wakhe namantombazana akhe bamphatha kakubi kakhulu.” USakina uthi ngaphambi kokuba intombi yakhe ihambe, wohlukana nayo ngokumanga. Wathi wayedinwe kakhulu.
Kukwakho nesiqinisekiso sonyango ekungekho mntu usiphikisayo, esikhutshwe siSibhedlele saseRafadiya, iziko likarhulumente, esixekweni: “UHaifa wafika e-ER engaphefumli kwaye engaphefumli, abafundi bakhe badakumbile. Ukuhlolwa komzimba kufunyenwe inxeba elingaphezulu kwisidlele sasekhohlo, umngxuma esifubeni, inxeba kumazantsi esisu, inxeba edolweni lasekunene, inxeba kumlenze wasekhohlo kunye nenxeba elinzulu kwindawo engasemva. .” USalah Hajj Yihya, umsebenzi ovela kwiiGqirha zamaLungelo oLuntu, uthathe ingxelo yokuhlolwa ngumbutho wakhe.
Ngaloo ntsasa ilusizi, uMunir walinda kumnyango wevenkile yakhe yokuchwela ukuba inkosikazi yakhe ibuye. Akuba engazange, wafowunela omnye wabantakwabo, uMahmoud, emxelela ukuba umfazi wakhe ulahlekile. Ngentsimbi ye-10:30 A.M., iSibhedlele saseRafadiya safowuna: Yiza ngoko nangoko. Ekuphela kwento eyayisele ukuba ayenze esibhedlele yayikukuchonga umzimba. Kwenzeke ntoni kwindawo yokuhlola? UMunir uthi inkosikazi yakhe ibingakwazi nokubetha inkwenkwe encinci. Unyana wabo okuphela kwakhe, u-Ahmed, onxibe iyunifomu yejudo emhlophe, uyayiphulaphula incoko, amehlo akhe emana ukuqhwanyaza, mhlawumbi ngenxa yoloyiko okanye uloyiko. Kwindawo yokuhlola umama wakhe wakhupha imela waza wabulawa ngumlilo wamajoni. Abantu abazibonela ngawabo amehlo baxelela umyeni ukuba amajoni aye onakalise umzimba wakhe ngemela. Ayinakwenzeka loo nto. Kule veki ndibone imifanekiso yalo mzimba kwii-ofisi ze-Ofisi yeSithethi seIDF, nalapho kuthe kwacelwa ukuba kuphenduleke kwezi zityholo, kubenzima ukuchaza ukuba la manxeba ambalwa emzimbeni abangelwa ziimbumbulu okanye yenye into.
Ngaba sasikhona isizathu sokumbulala? Isithethi seIDF siyavuma ukuba amajoni amdubule emva kokuba sele ebethelwe phantsi: “NgoLwesibini, ngo-Oktobha 4, 2005, ibhinqa lasePalestina lafika kwindawo yokuhlola eHawara livela kwicala laseNablus. Uthe akufika kule ndawo, wakhupha imela wahlaba ebusweni ijoni elibhinqileyo elikwicandelo lokuhlola amapolisa eBorder, nelalijonga izixhobo kweso siza. Ngeli xesha ijoni laphumelela ukutyhalela phantsi umnqolobi. Ijoni lonzakele kancinane, lanyangwa kwindawo yexhwayelo emva koko lathunyelwa esibhedlele ukuze libe nonyango olungakumbi. Emva koko umnqolobi wazama ukuhlaba amajoni amabini angamadoda. Imikhosi eyayilapho kwanyanzeleka ukuba imdubule ukuze imthintele ukuba angonakalisi amajoni. Ngenxa yomlilo, umnqolobi wenzakala kakhulu kwaye wanikwa unyango lwezonyango kwindawo ye-IDF, uMagen David Adom kunye ne-Red Crescent [amaYuda kunye namaSilamsi afana ne-Red Cross]. Phezu kwayo nje imigudu yokuyisindisa, lo mgrogrisi wafa ngenxa yamanxeba akhe. Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba ngaphandle kwesenzo esikhawulezileyo sokonakalisa ilinge labanqolobi lokuhlasela amajoni, alikho elinye inyathelo elathatyathwayo ngeenjongo zokwenzakalisa okanye ukonakalisa isidima somzimba. Nasiphi na isityholo sokuba umgrogrisi wahlatywa ngamajoni asichananga yaye asinasiseko.”
Kwindlu ekwiMount Eival, usapho lakwaHindiya nalo luzilele iHaifa yalo. Apha, u-Amar uziva ekwazi ukuthetha ngokukhululekileyo: “Into eyabangela ukuba imeko yengqondo kadade wethu ibe zizityholo zosapho lakwaMunir zokuba eze namantombazana amane emhlabeni. Wade wambetha kuba engalungisanga ikomityi yekofu. Wayeza kumgrogrisa ngokumgxotha nokuba akanandawo yokuya. Uye kwindawo yokuhlola kuba efuna ukuzibulala ngolo hlobo ngaphambi kweRamadan.”
UGqr. Hamdan, oyaziyo le ntsapho, uthi, “Le yimeko yomfazi omsulwa owasabelayo kwimeko enzima yentsapho yakhe. Wayephila phantsi kweemeko ezinzima kwaye wazinyanzela ukuba azikhuphe ebomini bakhe. Kodwa eyona nto ibalulekileyo kukuba amajoni ayenokumbamba. Kwakungekho mfuneko yokumbulala lo mfazi. Wayebhityile yaye ebuthathaka yaye wangxwelerha kancinane ijoni elibhinqileyo. Abantu abazibonela ngawabo amehlo basixelela ukuba amajoni amdubula emva kokuba sele elele phantsi. Wayengumfazi ogulayo, kodwa egula ngenxa yobuhlwempu, egula ngenxa yekamva labantwana bakhe yaye egula ngenxa yomyeni wakhe.”
Kuza kwenzeka ntoni kubantwana abaswelekelwe ngunina? Usapho lukaHaifa alufuni kwanto yakwenza nabo: “Vumela utata wabo abahoye,” utshilo umama kaHaifa. Eludongeni kukho ipowusta yesikhumbuzo ekhutshwe nguFatah, enomfanekiso kamfi uYasser Arafat ngasemva: Ibhinqa elincumileyo lijonge ngaphandle kwipowusta, libambe iintsana ezimbini ebeleni, ezimbini zeentombi zakhe.
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