ALBAWABA - It was, and continues to be, an iconic image. Twenty-two years ago Fares Odeh from the Gaza Strip picked up a stone and threw it at an Israeli tank. For that he was fatally shot. The date was on 8 November 2000, the year of the Al Aqsa Intifada against Israeli occupation.
22 years ago today, the 15-year-old Palestinian boy Fares Odeh, from Gaza strip, was fatally shot in his neck by Israeli occupation forces after picking up a stone and throwing it at an Israeli military tank. pic.twitter.com/TXkMaL2RVe
— Kuffiya (@Kuffiyateam) November 8, 2022
The 15-year-old was from the Zaitoun quarter in Gaza. He made it a habit of throwing stone at Israeli tanks. He would do it before going to school and when he returned back home.
Remembering Fares Odeh
— ғᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ ᴘᴀʟᴇsᴛɪɴᴇ (@PaLForever__06) November 9, 2022
The #Palestinian icon who faced Israeli tank with stones and he was killed by Occupation forces 22 years ago.#ForeverPalestine ?? pic.twitter.com/1WbTKuCawp
One day his parents saw the picture of him in front of an Israeli tanks, and which subsequently became an icon. They tried to persuade him to stop but he wouldn't. It became a sort of a ritual for him.
22 anos do assassinato do menino Fares Odeh:
— Juventude Palestina Sanaúd (@SanaudJuventude) November 8, 2022
A coragem lendária de Fares Odeh ficou eternizada pela foto abaixo, onde ele atira pedras contra o enorme tanque das Forças de Ocupação, durante a Segunda Intifada.
Sua coragem nos inspira até a vitória! Não nos esqueceremos jamais! pic.twitter.com/wrg3I0Kpil
On the morning of 8 November he told his friends he was going to throw stones on an Israeli tank. It was to be his final day. He was shot in the neck and was killed instantly.
On this day in 2000, Palestinian child Fares Odeh was killed by Israeli regime forces during the Second Intifada.
— Chris Hutchinson (@ChrisHu34451470) November 9, 2021
His iconic picture, facing an Israeli tank with his small stone, topped the pages of international newspapers and magazines 10 days before his murder
Never Forget! pic.twitter.com/grMgqrMW24
The information above was taken from a book, titled "100 Shaheed - 100 Lives" by the Khalil Sakakini Cultural Center in Ramallah.
