The Associated Press later learned that news of Mohammed Helou's death had already appeared on March 4 in the local Arabic newspaper Al-Quds and that Hamas was now trying to recycle the story to capitalize on the family's tragedy.
Wie Associated Press später erfuhr, war der Tod von Mohammed Helou schon am 4. März in der arabischen Zeitung al-Quds gemeldet worden, und Hamas benutzte später diesen Vorfall offenbar, um aus der Tragödie der Familie Kapital zu schlagen.