Mohammad Nidal Salim

March 02, 2023: Mohammad Nidal Salim, 15, was killed by Israeli soldiers who injured two other Palestinians, including a child who suffered serious wounds, in Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank.

Several Israeli army jeeps invaded Azzoun, leading to protests before the soldiers fired many live rounds, rubber-coated steel bullets, gas bombs, and concussion grenades.

The Palestinian Health Ministry has confirmed that the soldiers killed Mohammad Nidal Salim, 15, after shooting him with a live round in the back.

The Health Ministry added that the soldiers shot another child in the chest, causing life-threatening wounds, and moderately injured a young man in the arm.

In a Facebook post, Mohamamd’s uncle, Reyad Saleem, said his nephew was named after his cousin, Mohammad Nizar Saleem, who Israeli soldiers killed on March 14, 2003.

On Wednesday, March 01, 2023, Israeli soldiers killed Mahmoud Jamal Hasan Hamdan, 22, in the Aqabat Jaber refugee camp in Jericho, in the northeastern West Bank.

Earlier on Monday, February 27, two Israeli Colonizers were killed in a shooting in Huwwara near Nablus.

On Sunday, a Palestinian civilian was killed by Israeli soldiers while in his home in Za’tara village. Sameh Aqtash, 37, who was killed by Israeli forces Sunday, was in Turkey two weeks before, volunteering with a rescue team to save lives after the earthquake.

On February 23, 2023, Israeli soldiers killed Mohammad Nabil Fawzi Abu Sabah, 29, In Jenin, in the northern West Bank.

The day before Mohammad’s death, Israeli soldiers killed eleven Palestinians, injured more than 102, six seriously, and caused more than  250 Palestinians to suffer the effects of tear gas inhalation and other minor wounds.

The slain Palestinians, as officially confirmed by the Palestinian Health Ministry, are:

    1. Anan Shawkat Ennab, 66.
    2. Adnan Sabe’ Ba’ara, 72.
    3. Mohammad Khaled Anbousi, 25.
    4. Tamer Nimir Ahmad Minawi, 33.
    5. Mos’ab Monir Mohammad Oweiss, 26.
    6. Husam Bassam Isleem, 24.
    7. Mohammad Abu Kabr Al-Juneidi, 23.
    8. Walid Riyad Hussein Dakheel, 23.
    9. Abdul-Hadi Abdul-Aziz Ashqar, 61.
    10. Mohammad Farid Sha’ban, 16.
    11. Jasser Jamil Abdul-Wahab Qaneer, 23.

Mohammad was from Azzoun town, east of Qalqilia, in the northern part of the occupied West Bank. Source: IMEMC