Keterangan B'Tselem (diterjemahkan dari bahasa Inggris)
Ditembak di tubuh bagian atas oleh aparat keamanan Israel saat ia menyeret sebuah kaleng dengan ban terbakar di atasnya, ketika ia berada sekitar 300 meter dari pagar, selama Aksi Kepulangan Akbar di dekat pagar perbatasan Gaza, sebelah timur kota Rafah; ribuan orang ikut serta dalam aksi tersebut. Selama unjuk rasa, sebagian pengunjuk rasa menembakkan panah api, membakar ban, dan melempari batu ke arah aparat keamanan Israel yang ditempatkan di sisi lain pagar.
Teks asli
Shot in the torso by Israeli security forces while he was dragging a tin can with a burning tire on top of it, when he was about 300 meters from the fence, during the Return Protests near the Gaza perimeter fence, east of the city of Rafah; thousands took part in the protests. During the demonstration, some of the demonstrators shot burning arrows, torched tires and threw stones at Israeli security forces who were stationed on the other side of the fence.