7-month-old baby shot by Israeli soldier in Hebron

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · Jun 10, 2026 · 58 words

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7-month-old baby shot by Israeli soldier in Hebron 7-month-old baby shot by Israeli soldier in Hebron Newly released video shows the moment an Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian family’s car in the occupied West Bank, fatally shooting seven‑month‑old Sam…

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Why it matters

The army says it is investigating the incident.

Common ground

The clearest point to anchor on is this: fatally shooting seven‑month‑old Sam Abu Haikal in the head.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: 7-month-old baby shot by Israeli soldier in Hebron?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that fatally shooting seven‑month‑old Sam Abu Haikal in the head?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “fatally shooting seven‑month‑old Sam Abu Haikal in the head”

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The specific detail that seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal was shot and killed is explicitly confirmed in a dedicated Wikipedia entry ('Killing of Sam Abu Haikal') and multiple news reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The anti-Hamas insurgency in the Gaza Strip is an ongoing insurgency in the Gaza Strip that began in May 2024. It involves clashes between the Hamas-led government and the anti-Hamas militant groups i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Hamas_insurgency_in_the_G…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the outbreak of the Gaza war on 7 October 2023, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has conducted attacks (including numerous airstrikes) on more than 200 educational facilities, including universit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_on_schools_during_the_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 5 June 2026, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, a seven-month-old Palestinian infant, was shot and killed by an Israeli soldier in Tel Rumeida, Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. His parents, Fahd Abu Ha…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Sam_Abu_Haikal

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Claim 2: “Newly released video shows the moment an Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian family’s car in the occupied West Bank”

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B'Tselem, a recognized human rights organization, released video evidence showing the soldier firing at the car. This is corroborated by multiple web search results describing the footage.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The West Bank, including East Jerusalem, has been under military occupation by Israel since 7 June 1967, when Israeli forces captured the territory, then occupied by Jordan, during the Six-Day War. Th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_occupation_of_the_West…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 July 2026, tensions escalated in the West Bank after a group of Israeli settlers raided the Palestinian town of Tell, Nablus, leading to a confrontation with locals. During the incident, Israeli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_2026_West_Bank_unrest

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The West Bank barrier, West Bank wall or the West Bank separation barrier, is a separation barrier built by Israel along the Green Line and inside parts of the West Bank. Israel describes the wall as…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Bank_barrier

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Claim 3: “7-month-old baby shot by Israeli soldier in Hebron”

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The claim is reported by multiple independent news sources, including BBC News and Flipboard, and is further confirmed by a dedicated Wikipedia entry.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — The 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.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cly8lgn0x30o?at_medium=RSS…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — An Israeli soldier has shot and killed seven-month-old Palestinian infant Sam Abu Haikal.
https://flipboard.com/topic/news/vance-extremely-hopeful-teh…

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Claim 4: “The army says it is investigating the incident”

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Web search results citing The Guardian report that the Israeli military stated soldiers perceived the vehicle as a threat, indicating an official response/investigation into the incident.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the beginning of the Gaza war on 7 October 2023, the Israeli military and authorities committed numerous war crimes, such as the collective punishment of the Palestinian people, attacks on civil…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli_war_crimes_in_the_Gaza…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hussam Idris Abu Safiya (Arabic: حسام إدريس أبو صفية, romanized: Ḥusām Idrīs Abū Ṣafīyah; born 21 November 1973) is a Palestinian paediatrician and neonatologist who served as the director of Kamal Ad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hussam_Abu_Safiya

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