Fares Odeh: Come on!

• CrossFireArabia
• September 10, 2026

May God have mercy on the “Lion Cub of Palestine,” Fares Odeh. On October 29, 2000, an Associated Press photojournalist captured an image of Fares Odeh standing alone before a tank, a stone in his hand and his arm drawn back to throw it. Ten days later, on November 8, Odeh was again throwing stones at the Al-Muntar crossing when occupation soldiers shot him in the neck, and he fell as a martyr. Subsequently, both the boy and the photograph attained iconic status within the Palestinian territories, serving as a symbol of resistance against Israel’s occupation of the region.
I named my youngest son Fares out of love for the “Fares of Palestine.”