Fadi Abu Assi, 11, and Goma Abu Assi, 8, they just went out looking for firewood for his uncle was brutally killed by the IDF/IAF for allegedly being a THREAT! WTF? These children did not carry any weapons or bombs, they only looking for firewood to light during the cold weather!
Systematic violence and human rights violations are not exceptions to Israel's apartheid regime and occupation, they are integral to it. Israel is using unbridled violence in all the territories under its control, as well as in Lebanon and Iran.
Since October 2023, this policy has escalated:
In Gaza: tens of thousands of Palestinians killed, millions forcibly displaced, entire neighborhoods and infrastructure systematically destroyed
In the West Bank: about 1,082 Palestinians killed, including 239 children and teenagers; 61 communities with at least 4,161 members forcibly displaced and another 15 partially so, with at least 454 members displaced
In Israeli prisons: thousands of Palestinians subjected to systemic torture, violence and humiliation, in inhumane conditions
Under Israel's apartheid regime, Palestinian lives are treated as expendable and millions across the Middle East are at risk.
New footage obtained by B’Tselem uncovers the moments when the Abu Haikal family was shot. Seven-month-old Sam Abu Haikal was killed in the shooting, and both his parents were injured. The footage clearly shows that the Israeli soldier fired at the car as it was slowing to a stop. The car was far from the soldiers and posed no danger to them whatsoever.
Moments later, in another video obtained by B’Tselem, seven-month-old Sam’s father, Fahed, is seen just after his son was shot. Fahed is holding baby Sam in his arms, trying to stop the bleeding from his head with his hands, while Sam’s mother, Daniyah, who was also injured by the gunfire while holding her son, is seen sitting on the ground, next to the car.
Last Friday, 5 June, an Israeli soldier fired at a Palestinian family driving home from a family visit, as they sat in their car in the Tel Rumeidah neighborhood in Hebron. The family was shot as the car was slowing to a stop at the soldier’s command. Sam, a seven‑month‑old baby who was in his mother’s arms in the back seat, was struck in the head and pronounced dead shortly afterward. Sam’s parents were also injured by the gunfire; his mother is still in the hospital. After the shooting, the soldier who fired and another soldier who was with him left the scene without checking the car or offering any assistance to the critically wounded baby or to his mother.
In the past two and a half years, Israel has killed tens of thousands of children in Gaza and the West Bank. The immunity it gets from the international community has led to a reality where, under Israeli rule, Palestinian lives are entirely disposable – even a seven‑month‑old baby.
תיעוד חדש שהגיע לידי בצלם חושף את רגעי הירי במשפחת אבו הייכל, שכתוצאה ממנו נהרג סאם אבו הייכל, תינוק בן 7 חודשים, ונפצעו שני הוריו. מהתיעוד עולה בבירור כי הירי שביצע החייל לעבר הרכב בוצע בזמן שנהג הרכב האט את נסיעתו לקראת עצירה, וכאשר היה במרחק מהחיילים ולא היווה כל סכנה עבורם.
בהמשך, בסרטון נוסף שהגיע לידי בצלם, נראה פאהד, אביו של סאם בן ה-7 חודשים, ברגעים הראשונים לאחר הירי בבנו. האב נראה כאשר הוא אוחז בתינוק ומנסה לעצור בידיו את הדימום מראשו. עוד ניתן לראותבתיעוד את אימו של התינוק, דאניה, שנפצעה גם היא מהירי בזמן שאחזה בבנה, כשהיא יושבת על הכביש לצד רכב המשפחה.
ביום שישי האחרון, 5 ביוני, חייל ישראלי פתח באש קטלנית לעבר משפחה פלסטינית, שחזרה מביקור משפחתי, בעת שנסעה ברכבה בשכונת תל רומיידה בחברון. הירי בוצע לאחר שאב המשפחה, שנהג ברכב, הבחיןבחיילים שעמדו על הכביש והאט. סאם, תינוק בן 7 חודשים, שהיה באותה עת בזרועותיה של אימו במושב האחורי, נפגע בראשו מהירי ומותו נקבע זמן קצר לאחר מכן. מהירי נפצעו גם אביו של סאם ואימו, שעדייןמאושפזת בבית החולים. לאחר הירי החייל היורה וחייל נוסף שהיה עמו עזבו את המקום מבלי לבדוק את הרכב ומבלי להגיש סיוע לתינוק הפצוע אנוש ולאימו.
בשנתיים וחצי האחרונות ישראל הרגה למעלה מ-20,000 ילדים בעזה ובגדה המערבית. החסינות שהמערכת הישראלית מעניקה לחיילים ולמתנחלים הובילה למציאות יומיומית בה הרג של פלסטינים, באשר הוא, נתמך ומגובה על ידי המערכת - אפילו כשמדובר בתינוק בן 7 חודשים.
TEN GLOBAL SUMUD LAND CONVOY PARTICIPANTS HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN EASTERN LIBYA.
They crossed into the 5+5 security zone yesterday afternoon to negotiate safe passage for our humanitarian mission to Gaza. Last contact was at 3:22 p.m. local time. They have not been heard from since.
The detained are civilians from Spain, Poland, the USA, Argentina, Uruguay, Portugal, Tunisia, and Italy—doctors and human rights defenders who volunteered to deliver aid and stand with the Palestinian people.
They were detained by a security force affiliated with the Libyan Arab Armed Forces (LAAF) and are still being held by Eastern Libyan authorities (GNS).
If you are from any of these countries: contact your foreign ministry now and demand their immediate release.
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