Keterangan B'Tselem (diterjemahkan dari bahasa Inggris)
Mengalami luka kritis akibat tembakan polisi di dekat Persimpangan Hospice di Kota Tua setelah menikam seorang polisi dengan obeng hingga luka ringan. Serpihan dari tembakan itu melukai ringan seorang anak Palestina berusia 13 tahun. Rekaman video yang disiarkan media menunjukkan polisi mencegah seorang dokter Palestina mendekat dan menahannya selama beberapa menit, setelah itu ia diizinkan menghampiri a-Sheikh, yang syahid tak lama kemudian.
Teks asli
Critically injured by police fire near the Hospice Junction in the Old City after stabbing a police officer with a screwdriver, wounding him lightly. Shrapnel from the firing lightly wounded a 13-year-old Palestinian. Video footage broadcast by the media shows police preventing a Palestinian doctor from approaching and detaining him for several minutes, after which he was allowed to go over to a-Sheikh, who died a short while later.