Keterangan B'Tselem (diterjemahkan dari bahasa Inggris)
Penyandang amputasi kedua kaki. Ditembak di dada oleh aparat keamanan Israel selama Aksi Kepulangan Akbar di dekat pagar perbatasan Gaza, di timur kota ‘Abasan al-Jadida; ribuan orang ikut serta dalam aksi itu. Selama aksi, sebagian pengunjuk rasa membakar ban dan melempari batu ke arah aparat keamanan Israel yang ditempatkan di sisi lain pagar. Saat ditembak, Abu Silmi sedang duduk di kendaraan roda tiga beberapa ratus meter dari pagar.
Teks asli
Double amputee. Shot in the chest by Israeli security forces during the Return Protests near the Gaza perimeter fence, east of the town of ‘Abasan al-Jadida; thousands took part in the protests. During the protest, some of the demonstrators torched tires and threw stones at Israeli security forces stationed on the other side of the fence. When Abu Silmi was shot, he was sitting in a three-wheeler several hundred meters away from the fence.