Seven-month-old Palestinian baby shot dead by Israeli forces at West Bank checkpoint
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Sebastian Usher
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Summary
A seven-month-old Palestinian baby, Sam Fahd Abu Haikal, was shot dead by Israeli troops at a checkpoint in the Occupied West Bank. His father, Fahd, was driving the family home from Bethlehem when their car was hit by gunfire near an Israeli checkpoint in Hebron. The baby's body was wrapped in a Palestinian flag and carried by his father to the graveyard for burial.
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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.
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