New Delhi, July 19 -- RAMALLAH - Hanan al-Nassan described her son the way mothers do when the person they are describing is no longer alive. He was a good student. He loved football. Everyone in the village loved him. On Friday, July 18, 2026, one week after Israeli settlers and soldiers descended on Al-Mughayyir village east of Ramallah, her son Fadi Hamdallah al-Nassan was dead. He was seventeen years old.

Fadi had been a member of Al-Mughayyir Club and was on the Palestinian national youth team when the July 11 settler assault changed everything. When settlers attacked the village that morning, he ran toward women and girls who were screaming for help. Israeli forces opened fire. A bullet struck his thigh. His leg was later amputated...