The IDF's preliminary investigation found that the man was shot and killed inside the car without trying to breach the checkpoint or threaten the soldiers. His pregnant wife, Sundus Shalabi, 23, was able to get out of the car and was shot three times in the chest. The Palestinian Health Ministry said rescue teams were unable to save the life of the fetus.

According to the investigation, the pregnant woman "looked suspiciously at the ground." She was unarmed, and no weapons were found near her that might have served as evidence she was trying to place an explosive device.

"Everyone who is killed today in Judea and Samaria is someone who is 'messing with the ground,' even if he's not standing there digging at that moment, or doesn't have a weapon on him that could lead to suspicion that he intends to plant an explosive device," an army source operating in the West Bank said.

On Saturday, Saddam Hussein Iyad Rajab, 7, died of his wounds from IDF fire ten days earlier at his grandfather's home in the Tul Karm refugee camp. The shooting was documented, with the video showing him falling to the ground screaming in pain. The IDF initially claimed that forces thought that Rajab "was messing with the ground" in a suspicious way, which was why the forces shot him. The Military Police is investigating the circumstances of the boy's death and the conduct of the forces in the incident.