B'Tselem's account
Killed together with three Hamas operatives and one Popular Resistance Committee activist after plain clothed soldiers who reportedly entered Gaza disguised as members of a medical aid organization were exposed at a Hamas checkpoint in Bani Suheila. A gun battle ensued, during which two Hamas military branch operatives were killed, one of them senior. According to the military, shots fired by an Israeli officer killed another Israeli officer and moderately wounded a third officer. To allow their vehicles to escape, an aircraft fired missiles.