A bullet hole in the front window of a car of Palestinian father Fahed Abu Haykal after his seven-month-old baby was killed by Israeli forces, in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. [Source: Reuters]
Israeli forces killed a seven-month-old Palestinian baby and wounded his parents in the Tel Rumeida area south of the West Bank city of Hebron on Friday evening, the Palestinian health ministry said.
The ministry identified the infant as Sam Fahd Abu Haikal and said he died at the scene, while his parents sustained gunshot wounds and were in moderate condition.
The baby’s grandmother said the family was driving near Checkpoint 17 when they saw Israeli military vehicles and soldiers in the distance and stopped the car.
She said shots were then fired toward them, which they initially believed were warning shots.
“One bullet struck my grandson, traversed his face and crossed his head, striking his mother’s cheek where it lodged,” she said, adding that the bullet had also grazed the father’s finger, and that the mother was in hospital.
The Israeli military said that during operational activity in the Hebron area on Friday, soldiers perceived a vehicle accelerating toward them and one soldier fired single shots at the vehicle.
It said three Palestinians were wounded and evacuated for medical treatment.
An initial military inquiry found that those injured were “uninvolved civilians”, the military said, adding that the incident was under review and that the findings would be submitted to the relevant authorities.
