Israeli troops kill 7-month-old Palestinian baby in West Bank car shooting

Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was killed on Friday evening, and his parents were wounded while driving in the Tel Rumeida area south of Hebron City, according to the ministry.

The official Palestinian news agency WAFA said the infant was critically wounded after being struck in the jaw by the same bullet that injured his mother. He later died of his injuries.

His father, Fahd Abdul Aziz Abu Haikal, a lecturer at Bethlehem University, was shot in the hand. They were travelling from Bethlehem to visit family in Hebron when soldiers opened fire, the agency reported.

The infant’s funeral is expected later on Saturday.

Israel’s military said on Friday that soldiers shot at a vehicle that was perceived to be accelerating towards them in the Hebron area. It said soldiers responded with single shots, wounding three Palestinians who were evacuated for medical treatment.