al-Garosha had first met Samar, one afternoon in 2017. It was at a similar street stall that Mr. He walked past the tire merchant opening up his shop, past the patch of empty ground where a missile struck during a brief war last May, past a line of scuffling schoolchildren waiting to buy snacks from a refreshments stall. Reaching the street, he settled into a brisk stride. al-Garosha gave Dina one last kiss, before handing her back to his 20-year-old wife, Samar.
She was born after he started his cycle of jail terms, and he has been only a stop-start presence in her life. al-Garosha stepped out onto his landing, still holding his 1-year-old daughter, Dina. On the September morning when he returned to jail, Mr.