B'Tselem's account
Member of the military wing of Hamas. Shot in the course of an arrest raid to apprehend him. Abu al-Heija holed up in a home, and exchanges of gunfire between him and Border Police officers of the Special Central Unit ensued. The police also fired a rocket at the house. Abu al-Heija was shot outside the home in which he had holed up. Earlier, another person had been killed in the refugee camp while throwing Molotov cocktails at security personnel in the course of clashes that erupted there. Another person was killed while carrying Abu al-Heija’s body.