Haniyeh’s daughter-in-law can’t stop smiling
Inas, Ismail Haniyeh’s daughter-in-law: “I remember the last time I spoke with him [Ismail Haniyeh] when my husband, children, and cousins died as Martyrs. As you know, he received the news proudly and said, ‘May God bless them.’ When he spoke to me after they died as Martyrs to comfort me, we talked as if nothing had happened, though it was a terrible tragedy. He said: ‘Where have you been? Peace upon you, mother of the Martyrs!’ I said to him: ‘Where have you been? Father of the Martyrs and grandfather of the Martyrs.’… We used to smile at each other, and we were always in touch. He always would tell me… ‘my place is not here [this world], it is in Paradise. I came to this world on a mission, and I will soon return to Paradise…’”
Host: “Inas, you’re smiling right now while millions around the world are crying over the death of Ismail Haniyeh as a Martyr. Where does this strength come from and why are you smiling?”
Inas: “When we embarked upon this journey and Ismail Haniyeh embarked upon it, he was certain about its end and its result. And this is its result—Martyrdom that brings joy to the believers. It’s a wedding [to virgins in Paradise], not a funeral. I’m surprised, but I was also happy when the Israelis distributed sweets in Gaza due to the death of my beloved father-in-law as a Martyr. I laughed and said that we don’t have sugar in the north [of Gaza] to make sweets and distribute them. They [Israelis] saved us from having to make them and gave them out themselves. We are grateful to them, [but] may they not be happy.”
[Quds News Network (Hamas), Twitter account, August 4, 2024]