Settler Violence

2023-10-28 · as-Sawiya, Nablus

Olive farmer Bilal Saleh shot dead by settler during harvest near as-Sawiya

ShootingNo arrestsAwaiting review

Bilal Muhammad Saleh, 40, was harvesting olives with his wife and four children in a grove near as-Sawiya when a group of settlers approached. According to relatives, the family began to leave, and Saleh was shot in the chest by a settler after going back for his phone. He was pronounced dead at Salfit hospital. Israeli media cited by Al Jazeera said the shooter was an off-duty soldier who was taken in by military police. Samaria Regional Council head Yossi Dagan said the shooter acted in self-defense. AP reported that police opened an investigation. Accounts of the army's presence differ.

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Location

Approximate: village

How it was located: Village centroid; the shooting happened in the family's olive grove near the village, across the valley from Rehelim.

Victims and damage

Injured
0
Killed
1

Perpetrators

Settlement or outpost of origin
Rehelim (nearby; settlers from Rahalim had attacked the family in earlier harvests, per Al Jazeera)
Army
Not known

Legal outcome

  1. Investigation opened · AP: police opened an investigation; no arrests reported. [1]

Sources

  1. AP: Israeli settler shoots and kills Palestinian harvester as violence surges in the West Bank
  2. Al Jazeera: Bilal went out to harvest his olives, an Israeli settler shot him

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