Israeli troops kill infant, injure parents in West Bank

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Israeli troops shot at a car in the occupied West Bank near Hebron, killing a 7-month-old Palestinian boy and wounding his parents, according to the Palestinian health ministry. The bullet struck the infant in the face. The Israeli military said soldiers fired at a vehicle they perceived was accelerating toward them and acknowledged in an initial inquiry that the three Palestinians wounded were uninvolved civilians. The incident underscores the tension and tragic consequences of military operations in the territory.