New footage obtained by B’Tselem uncovers the moments when the Abu Haikal family was shot. Seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal was killed in the shooting, and both his parents were injured. The footage clearly shows that the Israeli soldier fired at the car as it was slowing to a stop. The car was far from the soldiers and posed no danger to them whatsoever. Moments later, in another video obtained by B’Tselem, seven-month-old Sam’s father, Fahed, is seen just after his son was shot. Fahed is holding baby Sam in his arms, trying to stop the bleeding from his head with his hands, while Sam’s mother, Daniyah, who was also injured by the gunfire while holding her son, is seen sitting on the ground, next to the car. Last Friday, 5 June, an Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian family driving home from a family visit, as they sat in their car in the Tel Rumeidah neighborhood in Hebron. The family was shot as the car was slowing to a stop at the soldier’s command. Sam, a seven‑month‑old baby who was in his mother’s arms in the back seat, was struck in the head and pronounced dead shortly afterward. Sam’s parents were also injured by the gunfire; his mother is still in the hospital. After the shooting, the soldier who fired and another soldier who was with him left the scene without checking the car or offering any assistance to the critically wounded baby or to his mother. In the past two and a half years, Israel has killed tens of thousands of children in Gaza and the West Bank. The immunity it gets from the international community has led to a reality where, under Israeli rule, Palestinian lives are entirely disposable – even a seven‑month‑old baby.

הם מפחדים מהאמת שאט אט יוצאת לאור. האלימות והבריונות הפשיסטית שהשתוללו היום בכנסת היא עדות לעומק שיתוף הפעולה בין זרועות הטרור של המתנחלים לשלטון. את מדיניות הטיהור האתני בשטחים הכבושים הם ניסו לייבא היום לתוך הכנסת - ונכשלו. נכשלו, כי אנו הצלחנו לקיים את הכנס על מדיניות הטרנספר וטרור המתנחלים של הממשלה למרות האיומים והאלימות. אני מודה לחברתי ח"כ @AidaTuma, למסתכלים לכיבוש בעיניים, לארגוני ופעילי זכויות האדם, לגיבורי הנוכחות המגנה, למשתתפי הכנס ולשותפינו הפלסטינים. ביחד נמשיך לחשוף את האמת המכוערת על פשעי הכיבוש וטרור ההתנחלויות. עד שנמגרם.

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