Palestinian health ministry says baby killed and parents wounded by Israeli gunfire in West Bank
The military said it is reviewing the shooting as Palestinian officials reported three family members were hit by gunfire in the car.
- On Jun 5, Israeli gunfire killed a Palestinian infant, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, in the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron, while his parents were wounded in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
- After soldiers perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them, the Israeli military claimed they opened fire in Hebron, though an initial inquiry found those injured were "uninvolved civilians."
- Recounting the incident, the grandmother of Sam Fahd Abu Haikal said the family stopped their car upon seeing military vehicles, then heard shots. "One bullet struck my grandson, traversed his face and crossed his head, striking his mother's cheek where it lodged," she said.
- Separately, Israeli forces killed an 18-year-old Palestinian, Haitham Ezzedine Omar Hmeida, in the village of Beitin, while the military said the Hebron incident remains under review.
- Since the war in Gaza began, at least 1,080 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank by Israeli soldiers or settlers, according to an AFP tally based on Palestinian health ministry data.
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Israeli soldier opens fire on car, fatally shoots baby; IDF says it's investigating
An Israeli soldier opened fire at a car, killing a Palestinian baby on Friday, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Israel Defense Forces said Sunday its Military Police Criminal Investigation Division is now investigating. The Associated Press reported that a bullet struck 7-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Haikal in the face when the soldier shot at the car. His parents were also wounded. Bethlehem University lecturer Fahd Abu Haikal, Sam's father,…
According to a preliminary investigation, an Israeli soldier opened fire on Saturday in Hebron on the car in which the child was travelling when she accelerated towards a military detachment.
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Kristeligt DagbladIsrael's military opens investigation into incident in which Israeli soldiers allegedly killed child in West Bank.
Five people have died and about twenty were injured this Sunday in an Israeli bombing of a police post in the southern Gaza Strip, in a heavily populated area.The Palestinian Authority has condemned this Sunday the killing of a seven-month-old baby in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, by the Israeli Army in an attack in which the military also wounded his parents after opening fire on the car they were travelling in.The Ministry of Education, b…
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