10 YEAR OLD PALESTINIAN GIRL ABEER SKAFE DIED TODAY

 

April 22, 2011

Abeer Skafe,10,died today after a nervous breakdown&complete paralysis for Israel denying her permission to see imprisoned father.

IN a unique case that highlights the sense of shock and the strain the occupation brings to bear on ordinary people, psychological trauma has been blamed for a Palestinian girl’s life-threatening coma after she was prevented by Israeli authorities from hugging her father when she went to visit him in prison where he is serving a life term. 

Israeli police officers in charge of the prison where Abeer Eskafi’s father, Yousuf, is serving his sentence, allegedly did not allow the 10-year-old to go over to the prisoners’ side of a meeting room where visitors can meet inmates when she expressed a wish to hug her father. 

The little girl was so hurt by the episode that soon after returning home, she refused to eat and retreated into a shell of silence. Later she became paralyzed and subsequently slipped into a deep coma that even affected her respiratory functions. She is now on life-support at a hospital in Hebron.

Doctors at Hebron’s Princess Alia Hospital say Abeer’s condition is deteriorating steadily, which is preventing her from being transferred abroad for advanced treatment which the Palestinian health service is not in a situation to provide.

Physicians treating Abeer have warned that there’s a big risk to her life if she is moved from her bed or if the connection to the artificial breathing apparatus is disturbed. Abeer’s father has been sentenced by an Israeli court to four life terms with no chance of parole.

Abeer is the eldest of his three daughters, the others being Falastine and Tahreer. Abdul Rahim Abdul Mohsin Eskafi, Abeer’s grandfather, told Gulf News that her health started to decline following her visit to her father in prison. Eskafi said Abeer used to be allowed to the other side to hug her father and spend a couple of minutes with him on earlier visits but was refused such permission on her latest visit ostensibly because she had passed an age limit a few days ago that made her ineligible for such consideration.

Eskafi, who also heads the Prisoners’ Families Committee at the Palestinian Prisoners Club, said Abeer collapsed after the Israeli officer prevented her from getting close to her father, but kept knocking on the glass barrier and Yousuf responded by knocking on it from the other side but even this distressing sight did not evoke any pity in the officer. 

After Abeer got back home to Hebron, she started knocking hysterically on pieces of furniture in the house all the time until her right hand became weak. She refused to eat and kept calling for her father, he added.

All specialist doctors who saw Abeer diagnosed her condition as psychological, and the girl’s health deteriorated till she became totally paralyzed and had to be hospitalized when she lapsed into a coma.

Meanwhile, Yousuf, Abeer’s father had to undergo emergency surgery after suffering a heart attack on hearing about his daughter. Abeer’s elder brother, Ahmad, was shot dead by the Israelis in 2007 when he was just 15.

 

Palestinian Shuhada 

(Martyrs) of  Occupation 2011

71 Shaheeda Abeer Skafe,10 years old | April 22, 2011 70 Shaheed Vittorio Arrigoni, 36 years old | April 14, 2011 69 Shaheed Mahdi Abu Athra, 21 years old | April 14, 2011 68 Shaheed Khader Abu Elbeh, 22 years old | April 14, 2011 67 Shaheed Ra’ed Al Bar, 30 years old. | April 9, 2011 66 Shaheed Ahmed Al Zaytoniya | April 9, 2011 65 Shaheed Shadi Al Zatma | April 8, 2011 64 Shaheed Tayser Abu Sneema | April 8, 2011 63 Shaheed Mohammad Awaja | April 8, 2011 62 Shaheed Mohammad Abu Armaneh | April 8, 2011 61 Shaheed Bilal Mohammed Al Ara’eer, 23 years old | April 8, 2011 60 Shaheed Mahmoud Wael Al Jaru, 10 years old | April 8, 2011 59 Shaheed Ahmed Ghrab | April 8, 2011 58 Shaheed Raed Shehadeh, 27 years old | April 8, 2011 57 Shaheeda Najah Qudaih, 45 years old | April 8, 2011 56 Shaheeda Nidal Qudaih, 19 years old | April 8, 2011 55 Shaheed Talal Abu Taha, 55 years old | April 8, 2011 54 Shaheed Abdullah al-Qarra | April 8, 2011 53 Shaheed Muataz Abu Jamea | April 8, 2011 52 Shaheed Saleh Tarabin, 38 years old | April 7, 2011 51 Shaheed Khaled Al Dibari, 23 years old | April 7, 2011 50 Shaheed Musab al-Sufi, 18 years old | April 7, 2011 49 Shaheed Mohamed Al Manmom, 25 years old | April 7, 2011 48 Shaheed Mahmoud Al Manasra ,50 yrs old. Killed by Israeli Occupation, April 7, 2011 47 Shaheed Mohammad Ziad Shalha 21 yrs old. Killed by Israeli Occupation, April 5, 2011 46 Shaheed Isma’il Labad | 31 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | April 2, 2011 45 Shaheed Abdullah Labad | 24 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | April 2, 2011 44 Shaheed Muhammad Ad-Dayah | 31 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | April 2, 2011 43 Shaheed Hasan Abu Jaber | 24 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | April 1, 2011 42 Shaheed -Identity Unknown Yet | Killed in an Extremist Settler Hit&Run Attack | March 31, 2011 41 Shaheed Mohammad Khalid Abu Moammar 24 years old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 30, 2011 40 Shaheed Sabri Hashim Asaliyya | Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 27, 2011 39 Shaheed Radwan Al Namrouty | 26 years old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 27, 2011 38 Shaheed Identity Unknown | Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 23, 2011 37 Shaheed Mahmoud Jalal al-Hilu 10 years, Killed by Israeli Occupation,March 22, 2011 36 Shaheed Mohammed Jihad al-Halw | 11 years old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 22, 2011 35 Shaheed Yasser Ahed al-Halw | 16 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 22, 2011 34 Shaheed Yasser Hamed al-Halw | 50 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 22, 2011 33 Shaheed Mohammed Saber Harara | 20 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 22, 2011 32 Shaheed Adham Al-Hazareen | Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 22, 2011 31 Shaheed Sa’dy Halas | 23 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation on March 22, 2011 30 Shaheed Muhammad Atyeh Al-Harazeen | 27 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 22, 2011 29 Shaheed Muhammad Abed | 31 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 22, 2011 28 Shaheed Mustapha Ahmad Sehwel | 5 years old | Died 10 days after attack by Israeli Occupation | March 21, 2011 27 Shaheed Imad Faraj Allah, 16 years old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 20, 2011 26 Shaheed Qasem Abu Eteiwi | 16 years old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 20, 2011 25 Shaheed Ghassan Fathi Abu Omar | 25 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 16, 2011 24 Shaheed Adnan Yousef Eshtewy | 23 years old. Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 16, 2011 23 Shaheed Abdul Hamid Abu Ghali | 20 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | March 8, 2011 22 Shaheed Omar Maruf | 19 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Feb 28, 2011 21 Shaheed Abdul Majeed Ghazi Shaheen | 21 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Feb 27, 2011 20 Shaheed Wafa’ Ali Nashasy | 10 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Feb 23, 2011 19 Shaheed Adel Jundiyya | 25 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Feb 23, 2011 18 Shaheed Ashraf Ektifan | 29 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Feb 16, 2011 17 Shaheed Jihad Khalaf | 21 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Feb 16, 2011 16 Shaheed Talat al-Rawagh | 25 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Feb 16, 2011 15 Shaheed Hussam Hussain Rwidy | 27 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Feb 11, 2011 14 Shaheed Yousef Ikhlayyil | 17 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 28, 2011 13 Shaheed Basel Adwen | 13 yrs old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 27, 2011 12 Shaheed Udai Maher Qadous | Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 27, 2011 11 Shaheed Ahmad Na’im Abu Wadi Killed by Israeli Occupation on Jan 22, 2011 10 Shaheed Salem Mohammad Sami Samoudi | 24 years old, Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 20, 2011 9 Shaheed Amjad al-Za’ anin | Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 18, 2011 8 Shaheed Zaher Ahmad Jarghun | Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 18, 2011 7 Shaheed Jamil Al-Najjar | Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 11, 2011 6 Shaheed Shab’an Al-Qarmout | Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 10, 2011 5 Shaheed Khaldoun Majoub Majeb Samoudi | Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 8, 2011 4 Shaheed Omar Salim Qawasmi | Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 7, 2011 3 Shuhada Identities unknown| Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 6, 2011 2 Shaheed Mahmoud Muhammed Dharagma | Killed by Israeli Occupation | Jan 2, 2011 1 Shaheeda Jawaher Abu Rahma | Killed By Israeli Occupation on Jan 1, 2011   Please share in their honor so their sacrifices won’t be forgotten. Nor the memories, their deaths, the crimes that killed them. Do not forget them and the mourning families in your prayers… The list does not display, the numerous victims of the zionist occupation which are undocumented by media.  Nor does  it displays the victims of the “silent onslaught” due to restrictions of movement, ability to go to hospitals for treatment or life saving surgery, due to lack of medication because of the blockades and so on.  For example: The Slow Motion Genocide by the Siege on Gaza only, killed 600 patients since Gaza got under Israeli Siege. How many more dead corpses of Palestinians does the international community need to see in order to act? How many more cruelties and violations of Human Rights, Regulations and International Law will be needed to intervene so this ongoing warcrime is being stopped once and for all.