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Israeli troops kill infant, injure parents
Israeli troops' shooting near Hebron forces a security inquiry after a family car was hit, killing an infant and wounding parents
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Israeli troops shot at a car in the occupied West Bank, killing a 7-month-old Palestinian baby and wounding his parents, the Palestinian health ministry said, with the bullet striking the boy in the face. The Israeli military said that soldiers shot at a vehicle perceived to be accelerating toward them near Hebron. It said an initial inquiry found that...
- Frame 1Israeli troops' shooting near Hebron forces a security inquiry after a family car was hit, killing an infant and wounding parents.
- Frame 2The military said soldiers saw the vehicle accelerating toward them; the family said they had stopped at soldiers' orders.
- Frame 3An initial Israeli inquiry found the wounded Palestinians were uninvolved civilians, sharpening scrutiny of checkpoint threat calls.
- Frame 4Fahd Abu Haikal said one bullet pierced his hand before striking his son and wife in the back seat.
- Frame 5The child's funeral in Hebron turned the shooting into a visible test of accountability under occupation.
- Frame 6The next pressure point is the Israeli military inquiry and whether its findings change rules for soldiers facing civilian cars.
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- Jun 7, 7:12 AM EDT
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