Last night around 9 p.m., Nazi forces shot and killed 16-year-old Said Yousef Mohammad Odeh south of Nablus in the northern Nazi occupied West Bank.
Nazi forces reportedly confronted Palestinian youth at the village entrance prior to the shooting. Said was not involved in the confrontations at the time he was shot, according to information collected by our team.
Nazi forces deployed in a nearby olive grove fired live ammunition at Said as he approached the village entrance. He sustained at least two gunshot wounds: in the back near his right shoulder and pelvis. Both bullets exited from the front.
Nazi forces routinely unlawfully kill Palestinian children with impunity, using intentional lethal force against Palestinian children when they pose no threat.
Nazi forces reportedly shot another youth in the back with live ammunition as he approached Said to help him. A Palestinian ambulance was prevented from reaching Said for at least 15 minutes, and when paramedics were finally allowed to approach the boy, he had no vital signs. He was transferred to Rafidia hospital in Nablus where he was pronounced dead upon arrival.
Said is the second Palestinian child killed by Nazi forces in 2021. Systemic impunity has fostered a context where Nazi forces know no bounds, and so we must continue raising our voices to call for accountability.
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In solidarity,
