Keterangan B'Tselem (diterjemahkan dari bahasa Inggris)
Ata dan dua warga Palestina lainnya tiba di kawasan Gerbang Damaskus pada malam hari. Salah satu dari mereka membawa senjata api. Ata dan seorang warga Palestina lainnya syahid ditembak oleh polisi dan petugas Polisi Perbatasan di dekat gua Sultan Suleiman (Zidkiyahu). Menurut laporan media, salah satu dari mereka berusaha menikam petugas dan yang lainnya menembaki mereka. Warga Palestina ketiga syahid ditembak oleh petugas Polisi Perbatasan di dekat Gerbang Damaskus setelah menikam seorang petugas Polisi Perbatasan perempuan, yang tewas akibat lukanya pada hari itu juga. Dua warga Palestina lainnya terluka tembak, satu luka sedang dan yang lain luka ringan. Menurut laporan media, seorang petugas Polisi Perbatasan luka ringan terkena serpihan. Israel menahan jenazahnya.
Teks asli
Ata, and two other Palestinians arrived at the Damascus Gate area in the evening. One of them was carrying a gun. Ata and another Palestinian were shot dead by police and Border Police officers near Sultan Suleiman (Zidkiyahu) cave. According to media reports, one of them had attempted to stab officers and the other fired at them. The third Palestinian was shot and killed by Border Police officers near Damascus Gate after stabbing a Border Police officer who died of her wounds later that day. Two other Palestinians were wounded by gunshots, one sustained moderate injuries, the other light ones. According to media reports, a Border Police officer was lightly wounded from shrapnel. Israel is holding his body.