An 11-year-old Palestinian child from the city of Hebron in the occupied Palestine died Thursday night, Apr. 21, 2011 after having serious health deterioration when she was not allowed to hug her father held in an Israeli jail.
Abeer Skafi went to visit her father, Yousef, in an Israeli prison, where he is serving four life sentences. He had been in prison eight years when Abeer was visiting him.
According to relatives, a thick glass was separating between Abeer and her father and when she was not able to hold him, she started pounding very hard on the glass, screaming and crying.
A week later, her teacher in school noticed that she was not able to hold a pen in her right hand, and the family noticed that Abeer was not able to use her right hand for anything. She was taken to doctors, who said that he had problems in the nerves.
Her health continued to deteriorate since then to a point she was not able to speak or move. Doctors in Jordan, where her family took her for examination, said she was suffering from nervous breakdown.
Few days ago, Abeer went into a coma and doctors in Hebron were not able to do anything to save her life. She was pronounced dead Thursday night. Abeer was buried Friday Apr. 22, in a large funeral in Hebron.
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