PRISONER BECOMES A FATHER AFTER SMUGGLING IS SPERM OUT OF PRISON

A Palestinian man 13 years into a 27-year sentence in an Israeli prison has managed to become a father after he smuggled sperm out to impregnate his wife.

Ahmed al-Sokani, 35, from Gaza reportedly told fellow inmates that even if he couldn't escape, he still intended to become a father without the aid of a conjugal visit.

According to reports from the Gaza Strip, al Sokani's wife Huwayda gave birth this week to twins named Motaz and Siwar.

According to Huwayda, the birth of Motaz and Siwar represents a 'message of victory' from all Palestinian detainees languishing in Israeli prisons.

Holding the newborn twins at Gaza City's Al-Quds Hospital, she told Anadolu Agency (AA), a state-run press agency in Turkey: 'I can't put my happiness into words.'