Farouk Salameh

Farouk Salameh Full Name: Farouk Salameh Occupation: PIJ military commander Goals: Establish Palestine as an independent state through violence Crimes: Murder Terrorism Type of Villain: Grey Zone Extremist

Farouk Salameh (died November 2, 2022) was an Islamic terrorist from Palestine. He was a member of Palestinian Islamic Jihad and a suspected associate of the militant group Lions' Den, and was responsible for the shootings of several Israeli soldiers during the ongoing Israeli-Palestine conflict.

On May 15, 2022, shortly after Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh was killed by Israeli security forces, and during a period of high tensions between Israel and Palestine due to Israel's actions, the Israeli police conducted a raid in the Jenin refugee camp where Abu Akleh was shot. During the raid, operatives of PIJ shot and killed a police officer named Noam Raz. Although his name was not reported at the time, Salameh was later named as having been involved in Raz's killing and became wanted for this and several other shootings. He was also a known associate of the late terrorist leader Wadee al-Houh, who was killed by security forces in October 2022.

In late 2022, Israeli police received intelligence that Salameh and Lions' Den were conspiring to carry out more attacks, and that Salameh was attempting to secure funding for Lions' Den. On November 2 they launched a raid and tried to arrest Salameh in Jenin. At the time of the raid, Salameh was in a butchery attempting to have a cow slaughtered for his upcoming wedding. He attempted to flee before pulling a gun and opening fire on the officers, who returned fire and shot him in the chest, head and abdomen. Salameh was admitted to hospital but pronounced dead on arrival, with PIJ issuing a statement confirming his death. A teenager named Muhammad Khalouf was also killed in the raid, although the circumstances of his death are unknown.