Islamic Jihad claims to have killed him on 3 October 1985, and later released to a Beirut newspaper a photograph purporting to depict his corpse.
جهاد اسلامی ادعا کرد که او را در ۳ اکتبر سال ۱۹۸۵ کشته‌است و سپس عکس جسد او را به روزنامه‌های بیروت نشر داد.