Catatan B'Tselem (diterjemah daripada bahasa Inggeris)
Ditembak di seluruh badannya bersama seorang anggota Briged Syuhada al-Aqsa dalam pertempuran tembak-menembak semasa pencerobohan tentera dan Polis Sempadan ke bandar itu. Seorang lagi rakyat Palestin syahid tidak lama kemudian. Salem ialah seorang anggota sayap tentera Jihad Islam.
Teks asal
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.