An Israeli newspaper said that the security services affiliated with Hamas killed the mukhtar of the Dughmush family. Hamas denied these allegations.

The DughMush family also confirmed that their muktar was martyred in an Israeli bombing several months ago. The name of the chosen one, Saleh Ashour Daghmush, is on the list of 109 martyrs from the same family who died in the Israeli attack on the Al-Sabra neighborhood in Gaza. The Ministry of Health broadcast the names of the martyrs on December 28.