Key Facts

• A seven-month-old Palestinian baby, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was killed after being shot in a car by Israeli troops in Hebron.
• The baby’s parents were also injured in the shooting.
• The family says they stopped the car when soldiers ordered them to, but were still shot at.
• The Israeli military said soldiers fired because they thought the vehicle was accelerating toward them.
• The incident is under investigation by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF).
• The baby’s father, Fahd Abu Haikal, demanded accountability for the shooting.
• In a similar incident two weeks earlier, Israeli troops killed a Palestinian couple and two children in another West Bank village.
• Human rights groups say Israeli soldiers delayed medical aid and confiscated vehicles after shootings.