Israel assumed the murder, stating in a statement that they were "terrorists" from the Palestinian movement Hamas. The Israeli military said its forces "neutralized" the men hiding in the hospital.
The director of the medical center, Naji Nazzal, told AFP that "a group of Israeli soldiers dressed in civilian clothes entered the hospital and "murdered" the three men using firearms with silencers. "Jalamnah was planning to carry out a terrorist attack in the immediate future," the army said.