Palestinian health ministry says baby killed and parents wounded by Israeli gunfire in West Bank
The military said it fired after perceiving a vehicle moving toward soldiers, while the Palestinian health ministry said the baby and parents were civilians.
- 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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The Israeli army opened fire on a car carrying a Palestinian family in the West Bank, resulting in the death of a 7-month-old infant and injuries to the parents. Israel claimed it was a misunderstanding.
Israeli Military Kills 7-Month-Old Palestinian Baby in West Bank
Sam Abu Haikal was seven months old. On Friday night, Israeli soldiers opened fire on his family’s car in Hebron. He was pulled out of it dead. The family lives in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood in Hebron’s old city, an area surrounded by Israeli soldiers, checkpoints, and settler outposts, and where Palestinians live under constant harassment and restrictions to their movement. Source
The Israeli army said the car sped towards the soldiers. According to the baby's father, the soldiers could clearly see that there was a family in the car.
A Palestinian father who buried his infant son, who was killed by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank, today refused to believe it could have been a “mistake.” Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, seven months old, was killed near Hebron last night while traveling in a car with his parents, who were also shot by Israeli forces. After a preliminary investigation, the military said...
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