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'They shot my boy': Palestinian mother whose baby was shot dead by an Israeli soldier never got to say a proper goodbye

Fahed Abu Haykal and his family were driving his mother home in Hebron when they encountered Israeli troops. A bullet fired by one of them passed through Fahed's hand and struck his 7-month-old son Sam in the head. The IDF said the soldier perceived a threat. The baby's mother, Dania, with shrapnel

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'They shot my boy': Palestinian mother whose baby was shot dead by an Israeli soldier never got to say a proper goodbye

Kanaan Abu Haykal, Sam's half-brother, with a picture taken of the infant just hours before he was killed. Credit: Alex Levac

Fahed Abu Haykal and his family were driving his mother home in Hebron when they encountered Israeli troops. A bullet fired by one of them passed through Fahed's hand and struck his 7-month-old son Sam in the head. The IDF said the soldier perceived a threat. The baby's mother, Dania, with shrapnel near her heart, believes he knew exactly who he was shooting

12:23 AM • June 12 2026 IDT

Dania Abu Haykal last saw her son Sam on Saturday morning, in the intensive care unit at Al Ahli Hospital in Hebron. He was already dead. It was the last time the mothe would see her only child, just seven months old the day a soldier killed him; she herself was wounded in the shooting.

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