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“It was silent save for the whispers of praise, the recitations of the Quran and the shuffling feet of some Israeli soldiers. All of a sudden, while we were waiting for permission to traverse the crossing that separates Gaza from Israel, they took my husband without reason!
“I don’t deny that I was in a state of fearful anticipation. Questions build in my mind and my heart began to race faster and faster. My eye continued to hurt me but I did not let this show. Fate had decreed that I would spend that night experiencing a harsh reality. Voices grew nearer and the shuffle of feet marked the arrival of the last of the soldiers. They had taken my husband to a faraway place, and later I learned that they had detained him.”
