Fahd Abu Haikal said he stopped his car at the request of IDF soldiers in broad daylight, and then they shot his 7-month-old, Sam. When the army's go-to explanation is that a sense of danger was felt, the sense is that every soldier could shoot any PalestinianHaaretz Editorial04:13 AM • June 07 2026 IDTA shooting by an IDF force on Friday at the car of the Abu Haikal family in Hebron ended with the killing of 7-month-old Sam Abu Haikal and the wounding of his parents.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israel settlersPalestiniansIsrael occupationWest BankIDFCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Israel-Iran Live UpdatesWest BankIranHaredimNetanyahuSmotrich1967HaQuizHaaretz PodcastConfronting Australia's Left-wing AntisemitismThey Shoot Babies: IDF Jargon Masks a Child's KillingThe Antisemitism of the Israeli RightTime Is Not a Friend: Pain Is Everywhere in Rachel Goldberg-Polin's MemoirSeven-month-old Palestinian Baby Killed by IDF Fire Laid to RestRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIFar-right Israeli Ministers Join Thousands at Israel Day Parade in New York'Israel Is Unstoppable, We Need Other Countries to Get Us Out of This''Fucking Crazy': Trump Lashes Out at Netanyahu Over Lebanon, Report SaysThe Paradigm That Led to Oct. 7 Didn't Collapse, It Was Fiction From the StartManufactured Nostalgia for Lebanon's Beaufort Masks a Strategic FailureHow the U.S. Air Force Is Turning Israel's Ben-Gurion Airport Into Its Own Base