Seorang jurubicara pejuang garis keras Komite Perlawanan Rakyat, salah satu pihak yang diyakini menahan prajurit itu, menolak mengkonfirmasi laporan tersebut, yang muncul di harian a-Sinara.
A spokesman for the radical Popular Resistance Committees, one of the groups believed holding the soldier, refused to confirm the report which appeared in the a-Sinara daily.