Israeli forces reportedly killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, and injured his parents in the Tel Rumeida area near Hebron on Friday evening, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The baby’s grandmother described how the family stopped their car after seeing Israeli military vehicles when shots were fired at them. She recounted that a bullet hit the baby in the face and lodged in his mother’s cheek, while also grazing the father’s finger. The parents were treated for their gunshot wounds.
The Israeli military stated that during operations in Hebron, soldiers fired shots at a vehicle they thought was approaching them quickly. They acknowledged that three Palestinians, later determined to be “uninvolved civilians,” were injured, and the incident is under investigation. Tel Rumeida has a history of violence as Israeli settlers live with military protection among the Palestinian community. Recent EU data indicates over 700,000 settlers reside in East Jerusalem and the West Bank while more than 3 million Palestinians live there.
With information from Reuters