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Al Jazeera
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Ayman Nobani

Bilal went out to harvest his olives, an Israeli settler shot him

Bilal Saleh olive farmer [Courtesy of the Salen family]

Correction: A previous version of this story stated that the Israeli army warned Bilal Saleh and his family to leave the area. This was incorrect and has been reflected in the story.

Nablus, occupied West Bank – It was Saturday morning, and 40-year-old Bilal Mohammad Saleh was harvesting olives on the small plot of land he had inherited from his father in the village of al-Sawiya, 18km (11 miles) south of Nablus.

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