B'Tselem's account
Senior Hamas military branch operative. Shot and killed together with another Hamas military branch operative by plain-clothed Israeli soldiers during a gun battle at a Hamas checkpoint in Bani Suheila. According to the military, shots fired by an Israeli officer killed another Israeli officer and moderately wounded a third officer. The soldiers reportedly entered Gaza disguised as members of a medical aid organization. To allow their vehicles to escape, an aircraft fired missiles. Four more Hamas military branch operatives and an operative of the Popular Resistance Committees were killed in the incident.