Sinjil Town – Ramallah
By Diana Khwaelid
The child martyr, Salim Faqha, is finally released from detention but only in
lifeless body. After extensive efforts by the Palestinian Civil Defense
in coordination with the Israeli side, to retrieve the body of 16-year-old Salim
Faqha, from the town of Sinjil, north of Ramallah, his body was finally returned.
Israeli forces killed Salim on March 16, while he was near the outskirts of
his hometown, and his body had been withheld ever since.
His family received his body on August 20, after it had been held for five
consecutive months. His family and the residents of Sinjil were finally able to
organize and hold a funeral worthy of him and bid him a final farewell. A
profound sense of grief and pain surrounded his family as they said goodbye to
Salim, who was only 16 years old.
The Israeli occupation took away his aspirations and his youth, killing him in cold
blood. During his funeral procession, residents of the town chanted slogans
expressing their resilience, anger, and grief.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the United Nations
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), at least 16
Palestinian children have been killed by Israeli forces in the occupied West
Bank since the beginning of 2026.
How long will Israel’s occupation continue to kill and eliminate Palestinians, including children and young people?
