Catatan B'Tselem (diterjemah daripada bahasa Inggeris)
Ditembak mati oleh askar di sebuah pusat pemeriksaan berhampiran Tulkarem. Tentera mendakwa dia terlebih dahulu cuba menikam seorang askar. Rakaman video yang disiarkan media menunjukkan askar melepaskan tembakan ke udara dan kemudian, apabila Mahdawi menghampiri mereka, ke arah tanah. Mahdawi mula berlari ke arah mereka dan askar pun melepaskan tembakan lalu membunuhnya.
Teks asal
Shot dead by soldiers at a checkpoint near Tulkarm. The military claims he had first attempted to stab a soldier. Video footage aired in the media shows the soldiers firing in the air and then, when Mahdawi approached them, at the ground. Mahdawi began running towards them and then the soldiers fired and killed him.