The Israeli press reported that a military investigation of the incident would be conducted.[citation needed] After a period of declining commentary on the deaths,[1] on 27 Nov 2012, the Israeli army said that Mohammed Jamal al-Dallu, a member of the Hamas police who died in the attack was the target of the raid. IDF spokeswoman Avital Leibovich said, "The father was a known terror operative affiliated with the military wing of Hamas." She added: "There was no mistake from the IDF.