The Daily Populous Sunday June 7th, 2026 night edition
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Israeli soldiers opened fire on a car in the occupied West Bank on Friday, killing a 7-month-old Palestinian boy and wounding his parents, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health.

Sam Fahd Abu Haykal was in a car with his parents when an Israeli soldier opened fire at the vehicle near the city of Hebron, the ministry said. The gunfire killed Haykal and injured both of his parents.

The boy’s grandmother, Firyal Abu Haykal, told Reuters that one bullet struck their car, killing the baby. “The incident is unbelievable and unacceptable,” she told Reuters. “We are being harmed just because we decided to stay at our homes.”

Father and brother of Sam Abu Haykal, a 7-month-old Palestinian child who was killed by Israeli soldiers, carry his body during his funeral in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, June 6, 2026. Mussa Qawasma/Reuters

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, June 5, 2026. Mussa Qawasma/Reuters

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement that soldiers “perceived” a vehicle accelerating toward them. A soldier fired a single shot at the vehicle, the IDF said, acknowledging that those injured were “uninvolved civilians.”

The IDF said the incident is under review.

Such incidents have occurred before. In March, four members of one Palestinian family, including two boys aged 5 and 7, who were out on a late-night drive after breaking the daily Ramadan fast, were shot dead by Israeli soldiers in the West Bank, Palestinian officials reported.

YodaForceGhost on June 6th, 2026 at 14:31 UTC »

Three-quarters of US Congress believe this is justified in the end. And a lot of them have won reelection already via primaries

Tokyosmash_ on June 6th, 2026 at 14:26 UTC »

Waiting to see people try to justify this

QuailBrave49 on June 6th, 2026 at 14:21 UTC »

Is this not a war crime!?