Video Appears to Show Moment IDF Soldier Fired at Family’s Car in Hebron, Killing Baby
- On Friday, June 5, 2026, an Israeli soldier shot and killed 7-month-old Sam Abu Haikal in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of Hebron, West Bank.
- The Israel Defense Forces initially claimed the vehicle accelerated toward troops, but Tselem released footage on Tuesday showing the car slowing down and presenting no danger to soldiers.
- Fahd Abu Haikal rejected claims the shooting was a mistake, stating "When more than one bullet is fired, when there's no warning shot and no warning at all, it can't be a mistake." His 11-year-old son, Kinan, initially mistook the gunfire for a sound grenade.
- Amid public scrutiny, the IDF announced on Sunday that the Military Police Criminal Investigation Division is investigating whether soldiers abandoned the family without providing medical aid.
- Since October 7, 2023, 1,032 Palestinians have been killed in the West Bank, according to Tselem, with 234 minors among them. Yesh Din reports fewer than 1 per cent of complaints against soldiers result in indictments.
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There is a major outcry over the death of baby Sam Abu Haikal (seven months old) in the occupied West Bank. The Israeli army claimed that a soldier opened fire on the Palestinian family because they sped towards him in their car, but new video footage seems to contradict that.
New footage has emerged of a shooting incident from last weekend in the occupied West Bank, in which Israeli soldiers killed a 7-month-old baby. The parents were injured. According to the Israeli army, the soldiers felt threatened by the accelerating car, but the new footage actually shows that the car slowed down. "The car posed absolutely no danger."
Images of the shooting contradict the Israeli army's version of the shooting that claimed its troops had "perceived a vehicle accelerating towards them."The Palestinian Authority condemns the murder of a seven-month-old baby in the West Bank by the Israeli Army New images obtained by Israel's Information Centre for Human Rights, B'Tselem, reveal the moment when a seven-month-old Palestinian baby was shot and killed in Hebron, in the occupied Wes…
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