Keterangan B'Tselem (diterjemahkan dari bahasa Inggris)
Ditembak di sekujur tubuhnya bersama seorang anggota Brigade Martir al-Aqsa dalam baku tembak selama penyerbuan militer dan Polisi Perbatasan ke kota itu. Seorang warga Palestina lain syahid tak lama kemudian. Salem adalah anggota sayap militer Jihad Islam.
Teks asli
Shot in all parts of his body along with an al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigade operative in an exchange of fire during a military and Border Police incursion into the city. Another Palestinian was killed shortly afterwards. Salem was an Islamic Jihad military wing operative.