Maelezo ya B'Tselem (imetafsiriwa kutoka Kiingereza)
Aliuawa shahidi kwa risasi za wanajeshi katika kituo cha ukaguzi karibu na Tulkarem. Jeshi linadai kwamba kwanza alijaribu kumchoma kisu mwanajeshi. Video iliyorushwa na vyombo vya habari inaonyesha wanajeshi wakifyatua risasi hewani na kisha, Mahdawi alipowakaribia, ardhini. Mahdawi alianza kukimbia kuwaelekea na hapo wanajeshi walifyatua risasi na kumuua.
Maandishi asilia
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.