Israel Soldiers have killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby after opening fire on his parents’ car in the occupied West Bank. Palestinian the ministry of health said.
Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was killed on Friday evening, and his parents were injured while he was driving in Tel Rumeida area south of Hebron City, according to the ministry.
The official Palestinian news agency WAFA has said that the infant was seriously injured after being hit in the jaw by the same bullet that injured his mother. He later died from his injuries.
His father, Fahd Abdul Aziz Abu Haikal, a lecturer at Bethlehem University, was shot in the hand. They were traveling from Bethlehem to visit family in Hebron when soldiers opened fire, the agency reported.
The child’s funeral is expected later on Saturday.
The Israeli military said on Friday that soldiers opened fire on a car that was thought to be speeding towards them in the Hebron area. It said the soldiers responded with one shot, wounding three Palestinians who were evacuated for treatment.
