Between Olive Trees: How Belal Saleh Was Shot Harvesting In Nablus
There is so much meaning contained in olives, and olive harvesting to the Palestinian people. It is symbolic of heritage that can’t be wiped out from history. Therefore, when a Palestinian man is murdered by an Israeli settler while he is harvesting olives, that has a similar effect as saying a Muslim man has died while praying, or while fighting at war defending his country.
مشاهد لتشييع قرية الساوية في #نابلس جثمان الشهيد بلال صالح البالغ من العمر 40 عاما وهو أب لأربعة أطفال، حيث أطلق مستوطنون النار عليه وهو يقطف الزيتون#الأخبار pic.twitter.com/eGLRSWWLDN
— قناة الجزيرة (@AJArabic) October 28, 2023
The story of the forty-year-old Palestinian Belal Saleh goes like this.
It is the season of harvest the family of Belal Saleh decided to go pick the olives from the trees in Nablus.
Completely unarmed, they were attacked by Israeli settlers. Saleh’s relatives said the shooting was too harsh, they tried to hide from it but Saleh couldn’t and fell dead instantly.
A day earlier to the death of their father, Saleh’s children inscribed the names of martyrs in Gaza because they were moved and touched by the bombardment, not knowing that tomorrow they will face death.
الشهيد بلال صالح الذي قتله المستوطن الصهيوني الحاقد بينما كان يقطف الزيتون.
له ٤ أطفال ….
مقابلة سابقة له 😥💔 pic.twitter.com/DPHpZmdhg2— Salwa Omar 𓂆 (@Salwaomar90) October 30, 2023
On the same day, he was taken by the masses of ‘Sawya’ village located in Southern Nablus to his grave, in a massive funeral. Saleh was wrapped in the Palestinian flag while hundreds of people yelled denouncing the crimes of the occupation.
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نصب مستوطنون صهاينة إرهابيون، كميناً لمجموعة من المزارعين الفلسطينيين أثناء قطفهم الزيتون في أراضيهم الخاصة جنوب نابلس.
حيث اقترب المستوطنون من المزارعين وذبحوا رجلا يبلغ من العمر 40 عاما، بلال صالح، ثم عادوا إلى منازلهم وكأن شيئا لم يكن.pic.twitter.com/oPjBoiHMeC— جنـرال الخليج (@QATARTEAM) October 28, 2023
A response came from Israel, and Haaretz ‘the Israeli newspaper’ claimed that the Israeli forces had detained the man who shot Saleh.
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امبارح طلعني مشوار وحكالي شايفة يابا قديش بحبك " طفلة الشهيد بلال صالح تتحدث عن لحظاتها الأخيرة مع والدها الذي أعدمه المستوطنون في قرية الساوية جنوب نابلس. pic.twitter.com/8VfZHgttlT
— قاتل عبدالملك الحوثي🐕 (@asi1ai) October 28, 2023
The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced on October 28. The latest death was the murder of a 40-year-old Palestinian man, Belal Mohamed Saleh, after being shot in the chest by a settler in Nablus.
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