Catatan B'Tselem (diterjemah daripada bahasa Inggeris)
Syahid bersama tiga anggota Hamas dan seorang aktivis Jawatankuasa Penentangan Rakyat selepas askar berpakaian preman yang dilaporkan memasuki Gaza dengan menyamar sebagai anggota sebuah pertubuhan bantuan perubatan terbongkar di sebuah pusat pemeriksaan Hamas di Bani Suheila. Pertempuran senjata menyusul, dan dua anggota sayap tentera Hamas syahid, seorang daripadanya anggota kanan. Menurut tentera, tembakan oleh seorang pegawai Israel membunuh seorang lagi pegawai Israel dan mencederakan sederhana pegawai ketiga. Bagi membolehkan kenderaan mereka melarikan diri, sebuah pesawat melepaskan peluru berpandu.
Teks asal
Killed together with three Hamas 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.