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Friday, December 8, 2017

'Murdered on his own land': Palestinian village mourns father killed by settlers


Family describes how Mahmoud Odeh was cradled by his son as he died after being shot by settlers on his own farmland near Qusra in West Bank
A flyer commemorating Mahmoud Odeh is taped to a lamp post outside his family’s home (MEE/Yumna Patel)

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Yumna Patel-Friday 8 December 2017 

QUSRA, Occupied West Bank - Death is the price you pay when you have nothing but your body to defend your land, Amjad said matter of factly, recounting stories of Palestinians in his hometown of Qusra who have been injured or killed over the years as a result of attacks by Israeli settlers.
The latest to pay that price last Thursday was a loving husband and 48-year-old father of seven, who, according to his family, loved nothing more than to tend to this land.