A cewar cibiyar yada labaran Falasdinu, sojojin mamaya sun bude wuta kan Shaalan a lokacin da yake kokarin karbar kayan agaji domin ceto 'ya'yansa daga yunwa, lamarin da ya kai ga shahadarsa.
Shaalan dai ya sha gwagwarmayar neman magani da abinci ga ‘yarsa Maryam da ke fama da rashin lafiya, wadda ke fama da ciwon koda da tsananin gubar jini; ya sha neman a taimaka mata a yi mata magani.
Dan wasan ya taka leda a kungiyoyi daban-daban na cikin gida da suka hada da Al-Bureij Services, Al-Maghazi Services, Khan Yunis Services, Al-Shati Services, Gaza, kungiyar matasan Kirista da Sabis na Jabalia, kuma ya kasance memba a kungiyar kwallon kwando ta Falasdinu.
Tare da shahadar Shaalan, adadin 'yan wasan Palasdinawa da aka kashe tun fara yakin Gaza a ranar 7 ga Oktoba, 2023, ya kai kusan 670.
Tun da farko dai, Suleiman al-Obeid, wanda aka fi sani da "Pelle Palestine", shi ma sojojin Isra'ila sun kashe shi a ranar 6 ga watan Agusta a lokacin da yake kokarin ba da abinci ga 'ya'yansa, wanda ke tare da martani na duniya; Hukumar kula da kwallon kafa ta Turai (UEFA) ta nuna ta'aziyyar shahadarsa, kuma Mohamed Salah, dan wasan Masar na Liverpool, ya bukaci a yi karin bayani kan kisan nasa.