Keterangan B'Tselem (diterjemahkan dari bahasa Inggris)
Syahid bersama tiga anggota sayap militer Hamas dan seorang aktivis Komite Perlawanan Rakyat setelah tentara berpakaian sipil yang dilaporkan memasuki Gaza dengan menyamar sebagai anggota organisasi bantuan medis terbongkar di pos pemeriksaan Hamas di Bani Suheila. Terjadi baku tembak, yang menyebabkan dua anggota sayap militer Hamas syahid, salah satunya anggota senior. Menurut militer, tembakan seorang perwira Israel menewaskan perwira Israel lainnya dan melukai sedang perwira ketiga. Untuk memungkinkan kendaraan mereka melarikan diri, sebuah pesawat menembakkan rudal.
Teks asli
Killed together with three Hamas military branch operatives and one Popular Resistance Committee activist after plain clothed soldiers who reportedly entered Gaza disguised as members of a medical aid organization were exposed at a Hamas checkpoint in Bani Suheila. A gun battle ensued, during which two Hamas military branch operatives were killed, one of them senior. According to the military, shots fired by an Israeli officer killed another Israeli officer and moderately wounded a third officer. To allow their vehicles to escape, an aircraft fired missiles.