The men killed were Muhand Dirya Abu Haliwa, an aide to Fatah's West Bank leader Marwan Barghouti; Omar Ka'adan, the body guard of Mahmoud Damara (Abu Awad) head of the Force 17 in Ramallah; and Fawzi Murar. All three were members of the Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a militia lwhich has been behind suicide bombings and attacks on soldiers.