Funeral held for baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West Bank

Funeral held for baby shot dead by Israeli troops in occupied West BankJust nowShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleSebastian UsherHebronAFP via Getty ImagesThe baby's parents were also injured in the shooting on FridayThe funeral has taken place of a seven-month-old Palestinian baby shot dead by an Israeli soldier while in a car with his family in Hebron in the occupied West Bank.According to the Israeli military, a shot was fired when soldiers "perceived a threat" from the vehicle in the Tel Rumeida area on Friday evening.The family say they obeyed soldiers' orders to stop and posed no danger.The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has acknowledged the family were "uninvolved civilians" and has expressed "deep sorrow" over the incident. The boy's father has dismissed the IDF's expression of regret. The body of Sam Fahd Abu Haikal was laid to rest in Hebron, the day after he suffered a fatal wound from the bullet of an Israeli soldier. His father, Fahd, was joined by a group of mourners as he carried his small shrouded body wrapped in a Palestinian flag to the graveyard.On Friday, Fahd was driving Sam and other members of his family home from a day out in Bethlehem. They had almost reached the Israeli checkpoint just before their home. Local residents showed me exactly where their car was hit halfway up the hill to the checkpoint.Fahd and Sam's grandmother, Firyal, who was also in the car, have given their accounts of what happened next.Firyal said that the family stopped the car when they saw Israeli soldiers approaching from a side road to their left. Fahd says he raised his hands after bringing the vehicle to a halt.Both say that gunshots followed."The bullets struck the car," Fahd said."The soldier that shot at us was 10m away. The bullet penetrated the front windshield, went through my arm, and then struck my son in the head and my wife in the face."Sam died of his wound in hospital, his mother i...