Anggota pasukan tambahan Hamas itu tewas beberapa saat sebelum Presiden Palestina Mahmoud Abbas dan Perdana Menteri Ismail Haniya mengadakan pertemuan di Gaza untuk menyetujui pembentukan pemerintah persatuan nasional.
The death of the auxiliary force member came shortly before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister designate Ismail Haniya held a meeting in Gaza to agree on forming a national unity government.