Maelezo ya B'Tselem (imetafsiriwa kutoka Kiingereza)
Alipigwa risasi kila sehemu ya mwili wake pamoja na mwanachama wa Brigedi za Mashahidi wa Al-Aqsa katika mapigano ya risasi wakati wa uvamizi wa jeshi na Polisi wa Mpakani mjini. Mpalestina mwingine aliuawa shahidi muda mfupi baadaye. Salem alikuwa mwanachama wa tawi la kijeshi la Jihad ya Kiislamu.
Maandishi asilia
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.