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Sa’id Yousef Mohammad Odah, 16. Published by IMEMC News

16-year-old Saeed Yusuf Muhammad Oudeh killed in clashes with the Israeli army near Nablus, May 2021. Published by Haaretz
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by IMEMC News
May 6, 2021

Israeli soldiers shot and killed a Palestinian child on Wednesday, south of Nablus in the northern occupied West Bank, during an invasion of the Palestinian village of Odla. The child was identified as 16-year old Sa’id Yousef Mohammad Odah. He was protesting the Israeli closure of his village for the past three days, and of many villages and towns in the northern West Bank.

Sa’id was known in his town as a very skilled soccer player. He played for the Balata Youth Football League, and competed in different parts of the West Bank (when the Israeli occupation would allow). Soccer matches for Palestinian athletes living under Israeli martial law are frequently stopped by the Israeli military, or teams are prevented from traveling for matches.

Since a drive-by shooting on Sunday in which three Israeli colonial settlers were wounded (one later died of his wounds), Israeli forces conducted a massive manhunt which shut down the daily lives and activities of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians who live in the area. Many were prevented from leaving home, prevented from going to work or school, and forced to wait in lines at ‘flying checkpoints’ for many hours at a time.

According to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS), Sa’id was shot with a live round by Israeli forces, while another young man was shot with a rubber-coated steel round and taken to Rafidia hospital in Nablus.

The Israeli forces who shot Sa’id then prevented Palestinian medics from reaching the scene. The soldiers dragged his body into a military vehicle and took him to an unknown destination – likely a military base. He was not given medical treatment, and his body was only returned to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society after his death.

It is unknown if he would have survived his injuries if he had been allowed to receive proper medical care at the scene.

Israeli forces frequently detain the Palestinians they have injured and killed, and prevent them from receiving medical care. This denial of medical care is

Sa’id was from the northern West Bank village of Odla, which is where he was killed.
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Palestinian Teen Shot Dead by Israeli Army During Clashes Outside Nablus
The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the 16-year-old as Saeed Yusuf Muhammad Oudeh, and said another Palestinian was moderately wounded

by Hagar Shezaf, Yaniv Kubovich, and Jack Khoury for Haaretz
May. 5, 2021

A 16-year-old Palestinian was shot dead on Wednesday by Israeli soldiers during clashes outside of Nablus, Palestinian media outlets reported.

The Palestinian Health Ministry identified the teen as Saeed Yusuf Muhammad Oudeh and said he was shot in the back during "confrontations" in the village of Odla, near the city of Nablus in the West Bank.

The Israeli army said that a number of suspects hurled firebombs at troops conducting what it described as routine activity) in the area.

“The troops operated to stop the suspects by firing toward them,” it said, adding that the incident was under investigation.

The army also said that the clashes happened as it continued its search for a Palestinian man suspected of killing an Israeli teen and wounding two others in an attack in the West Bank on Sunday.

The teenager's aunt said he was shot while returning home along with his cousin, whom she said was also shot with live fire in the back, leaving him in serious but in stable condition. According to his aunt, Oudeh was a 10th-grader with no involvement in any disturbances. "There is nothing that can explain or justify why such a child died," she said. "We know no one will investigate it, either. For Israel, he's another dead Palestinian."

Family members said a massive military presence was felt throughout the area south of Nablus since the fatal shooting of an Israeli in the West Bank on Sunday.

*Israeli shot in West Bank attack dies of wounds; suspected terrorist arrested
*60-year-old Palestinian woman attempts knife attack in West Bank, Israel says
*Israeli army worries about copycat attacks

The Associated Press contributed to this report