I hope Wafa is doing good journalism work in Gaza
"These were supposed to be the last seconds of Wafa's life. Instead, it was the beginning of a prison sentence. This is the moment she pressed the button to explode her suicide belt, and the detonator failed. But staying alive has only made her more determined to blow herself up. I will carry my explosive belt once again. June 2005, Wafa tried to cross into Israel from Gaza with a bomb, ready to sacrifice her own life to kill Israelis at a local hospital. She knew the hospital well, as doctors there once treated her. I brought with me the video of when you were gonna blow yourself up when you were caught. How do you feel watching this now? Hard to watch? I am very proud of this. I hope time will come, and I will live again the moments in which I was tasting and smelling paradise. Wafa was sentenced to 12 years in jail, but now is home in Gaza, part of a prisoner exchange. Over the past two months, Israel released 1,000 Palestinian militants in return for one captured Israeli soldier. She leaves her house every day heading for university to train, of all things, to become a journalist. But her hope is to leave a far different legacy."
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I hope Wafa is doing good journalism work in Gaza