Funerals were held in the occupied West Bank over the weekend for two Palestinians shot dead during the annual Nakba Day protest. The father of 17-year-old Nadim Nuwara called on Israel to try his son’s killer in court.

Siam Nuwara: “As we bemoan over our son, our solace is that our son is a martyr in heaven. He died for his homeland. He died for his family and his people. He died in the Nakba Day. Israel will face its day, because it is an unjust state which shoots boys holding stones. And this man who shot my son must be tried for the sake of justice and for my son’s dignity. If he will not be tried, Israel will face its day. Our children will grow up and take revenge for my son, and take back our homeland, God willing.”

Another Palestinian shot in the protests was left in critical condition. Last week marked the 66th anniversary of the Nakba, or “Catastrophe,” when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians were displaced during the period around Israel’s declaration of statehood.