Palestinian teenager Fadi Hamdallah al-Nassan, 17, dies a week after he was shot during an attack on his village by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials and family members. The Palestine Football Association says Nassan was shot on July 11 during settler violence, sustaining a thigh wound that later required amputation; he dies from injuries. Relatives describe him as a well-regarded student and football player who went toward the scene after hearing cries from women and children. Palestinian news agency Wafa reports that during the same incident, two other residents are hit by rubber bullets and a 10-year-old boy is struck in the head by a stun grenade. Al Jazeera reports his death comes amid a continuing rise in settler violence in the West Bank. The Israeli military did not immediately comment in the Dawn report when asked for response. The incident is part of broader concerns over increased violence in the West Bank since the Gaza war began in October 2023, with multiple bodies citing heightened attacks attributed to Israeli settlers.
Palestinian teen footballer Fadi al-Nassan dies after shooting in West Bank settler attack
Palestinian teenager Fadi Hamdallah al-Nassan, 17, dies a week after he was shot during an attack on his village by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to Palestinian officials and f...
- Fadi Hamdallah al-Nassan, 17, dies a week after being shot on July 11 in his West Bank village.
- Palestinian authorities and his football association say Israeli settlers attacked the village and he was shot in the thigh.
- His leg is amputated after the shooting, and he dies from injuries.
- Palestinian reporting says additional civilians were hit during the incident, including children.
- The Israeli military does not immediately provide a comment on the incident in the available reporting.
Palestinian teenage footballer, Fadi al-Naasan, has died a week after being shot by Israeli forces.
2 hours agoA week after he was shot in his West Bank village, Fadi al-Nassan's death comes amid a surge in settler violence.
8 hours agoA 17-year-old Palestinian footballer died on Saturday, a week after he was shot during an attack by Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, according to officials and relatives. Dozens of mourners dressed in black carried the body of Fadi Hamdallah al-Nassan — a player for Al-Mughayyir Club and a member of the Palestinian national youth team — from the Palestine Medical Complex in Ramallah to his village for burial. The Palestine Football Association accused Israeli forces of shooting Nassan while settlers were attacking the village on July 11. The young player was reportedly shot in the thigh during the attack. His leg was amputated, and he later died from his injuries, the association said. The Israeli military did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment Saturday. A relative mourns over the body of 17-year-old Fadi al-Naasan during his funeral in the village of Al-Mughayyir, east of Ramallah in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, on July 18, 2026. — AFP “He loved football,” his father, Hamdallah Al-Nassan, told AFP. “When the settlers attacked, he heard the screams of the girls and women,” he said. “He went to the scene of the attack and was killed.” The teenager’s mother, Hanan al-Nassan, said her son was well-liked in the village. “He was a good student, good in sports, and loved playing football.Everyone loved him,” she said. “May God accept him as a martyr.” The Palestinian official news agency Wafa also reported that Nassan was wounded and his leg amputated, adding that two other residents were hit by rubber bullets fired by Israeli forces, while a 10-year-old boy was hit on the head by a stun grenade. Since the start of the war in Gaza in October 2023, the United Nations has reported a sharp increase in violence attributed to Israeli settlers in the West Bank. Israeli soldiers or settlers have killed at least 1,088 Palestinians in the West Bank since October 2023, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry data. Earlier this week, Israel’s security cabinet approved a budget of $434 million for establishing 34 new settlements in the occupied West Bank, right-wing Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said. UN bodies, Palestinians and most countries view the settlements as illegal under international conventions and a primary obstacle to peace. Smotrich , who has long opposed Palestinian statehood, is head of the Religious Zionism party that draws much of its support from settlements and is running in the upcoming legislative election on Oct 27. The planned settlements would bring the total established under his four-year tenure to 103.
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