وبعد نحو (25) يوماً وعندما وصلت عملية البحث إلى المكان الذي استشهد فيه جابر، سرد صاحب المنزل قصة استشهاده وعين للمنقذين على وجه التحديد المكان الذي سيجدون فيه جثته، ووجدوا بقايا جثته مغطاة ببطانية.
Mrs. `Aweiss later made the following statement to reporters: “At that point, one of the soldiers grabbed my nephew Rateb, a boy of one and a half, held him under his arm, pointed his gun at his temple and threatened, in halting Arabic, to shoot him if we refused to leave.