‘I accept that I’m next’: West Bank teen foreshadows his death

The village of Almurayir in the occupied West Bank has been a frequent flashpoint for clashes between its Palestinian residents, Jewish settlers and Israeli security forces that have often left young Palestinians injured or dead. CBC News came here in April after a gunman, later identified as a military reservist, attacked a local school, killing two people, 32-year-old Jihad Abu Naim and 14-year-old Aus Al-Nassan. No, it's just classes and this is the playground. It was here that we met 17-year-old Omar Nassan, a close friend of Aus. We're showing his face now, but at the time he was nervous about being identified, so we agreed to hide it. But his words were revealing. To be honest, I didn't tell this to anyone right now, about. I already accepted that I'm going to be dead. I lost my friend and he's not the first friend I lose, whether it's getting killed or in prison. He's not the first or the last friend I lose. So I already accepted that I'm going to be next. On the night of September 2nd, the Israel Defense Forces says it deployed troops to Almurayir to retrieve animals owned by Israeli civilians the IDF says during the forces activity in the area a violent riot broke out during which terrorists hurled cinder blocks and stones at the forces it says the forces responded by firing at key instigators in order to remove the threat and that hits were identified here and right here This is where it happened, right here? Yeah, yeah. First shot. Omar's father, Mohammad Nassan, says his son was struck by bullets outside the door of his home. And he fell here? Yeah, he shot three. Three times he was shot? Yeah, yeah. Omar and another boy, 16-year-old Halil Abu Aliya, both died that night. The Nassan family still in shock. He helped me in every detail of my life, he says. he says. My back is broken. I felt that my soul was separated, says Omar's mother Rania Nassan. I felt like the mountains would not bear the news. The family believes Omar was shot by an army sniper, though the IDF won't confirm that. The military has provided few details about what happened that night or about the shooting at the school in April. The IDF says that case is currently under review by the military advocate general's corps but won't say whether that review or its ruling will be made public Mazouk Abu Naim a village counselor in Almurayir lost his son Jihad in that shooting to him israeli settlers and the Israeli army are one and the same the settlers take everything and if anyone objects they beat them up he says they don't have a problem as long as the army is there, because the army helps them. Back in April, Omar Nassan took us to the village cemetery, where his friend Aus, Jihad, and others were buried. Omar now lies here, his family the latest in this village to lose a child, worried they won't be the last.