Israeli Forces Kill Seven-Month-Old Sam Fahd Abu Heikal in Hebron, Gaza Tent Strike Kills Six

In the Tel Rumeida area of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, Israeli occupation forces opened fire on a vehicle carrying the family of seven-month-old Sam Fahd Abu Heikal, and the infant was later pronounced dead in hospital after the Palestinian Health Ministry said he was critically wounded along with his mother and father.

“When the European Union issued its latest tranche of sanctions against Israeli settler groups and their leaders, Regavim, founded in part by the country’s Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, these groups welcomed the measures as a “badge of honour”

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In Gaza City, six Palestinians were killed and at least 15 others wounded after an Israeli strike targeted a tent sheltering displaced families near the Al-Rimal Boys’ Preparatory School in the Al-Rimal neighborhood west of Gaza City, according to WAFA correspondents.

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The Palestine Chronicle reported that the overall death toll from Israel’s war on the Strip had risen to 72,961 Palestinians, and it said 173,092 people have been wounded since October 2023.

The same source said that since the ceasefire came into effect on October 11, 951 Palestinians have been killed and 2,984 injured, while rescue and recovery teams recovered 782 bodies from different parts of the Strip during the ceasefire period.

The Palestine Chronicle also described continuing Israeli military raids in the occupied West Bank, including Israeli occupation forces storming the town of Beit Fajjar south of Bethlehem and firing tear gas and stun grenades.

In the West Bank town of Huwara south of Nablus, the Middle East Monitor said dozens of Israeli settlers attacked the town on Saturday, wounding several residents and vandalizing local property, and it reported that the attackers targeted the Huwara municipal building and multiple Palestinian homes.

The Jerusalem Post said the IDF and Border Guard forces rushed to several locations in the Hawara area in the Samaria Brigade after a report of suspected theft of sheep belonging to Israeli civilians, and it said the clashes included stone throwing and the use of clubs between Israeli civilians and Palestinians.

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The Jerusalem Post also quoted the IDF statement that "The forces worked to disperse the gatherings using riot control measures," and it added that Sha'a District Police opened an investigation over the clashes in Huwara.

In a separate thread of events, Al Jazeera reported that when the European Union issued its latest tranche of sanctions against Israeli settler groups and their leaders, Regavim welcomed the measures as a “badge of honour.”

Al Jazeera further reported that Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a son of the settler movement, was sanctioned by the United Kingdom and Canada for his alleged role in supporting or enabling violence in the West Bank.

WAFA reported that colonists attacked a Palestinian man and his son south of Bethlehem in the town of al-Khader, and it said Mahmoud Issa, a member of the al-Khader municipality, told WAFA correspondent that four colonists hurled stones at 68-year-old Ali Sulaiman Sbaih and his son Saeed while they were working on their land.

WAFA said the attack left the father and son with multiple bruises and cuts and resulted in damage to their vehicle, including smashed headlights, and it placed the incident in the context of other Israeli strikes and raids described in the same coverage.

In the Palestine Chronicle’s account of the Hebron shooting, Israeli Army Radio reported that a soldier fired two rounds at the vehicle, claiming he felt his life was in danger, and it said no evidence supporting the claim was provided.

The Palestine Chronicle also stated that the killing adds to a growing number of Palestinian children killed by Israeli occupation forces in the occupied West Bank since the beginning of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Against that backdrop, the Palestine Chronicle said the latest killings come amid continuing attacks despite the ceasefire that entered into force in October 2025, and it described thousands of Palestinians remaining missing beneath the rubble of destroyed buildings or in areas inaccessible to emergency crews.