Pejuang Brigade Martir Aqsa, sayap bersenjata setengah bebas, setengah resmi dari partai Fatah Presiden Mahmud Abbas, menyatakan menemukan senjata pada ketiga orang Prancis itu dan menuduh mereka anggota satuan penyamar Israel.
Fighters of the al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades -the semi-official, semi-independent armed wing of President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah party- said they had found arms on the three Frenchmen and accused them of being members of an Israeli undercover unit.