Seven-Month-Old Shot Dead By Israeli Forces in West Bank
Israeli soldiers shot and killed seven-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Haikal on Friday evening near Hebron in the occupied West Bank. His parents were seriously wounded in the same shooting.
A single bullet struck the infant in the jaw, traversed his face, and hit his mother. His father, Fahd Abdul Aziz Abu Haikal, a lecturer at Bethlehem University, was shot in the hand. The family had been travelling from Bethlehem to visit relatives in Hebron.
The family provided a video of the innocent child onto the Quds news network, showing the infant in a walker.
The baby’s grandmother said they were driving near Checkpoint 17 when they spotted Israeli military vehicles, stopped the car, and shots were fired toward them, which they initially believed were warning shots.
The IDF said soldiers perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them and fired single shots. It said it is investigating and sent condolences, there is no evidence that any vehicle had been accelerating in the manner claimed at the time of the attack.
Tel Rumeida, where Israeli settlers live under heavy military protection among Palestinian residents, has long been a flashpoint for violence. Sam’s funeral took place earlier today.
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