2-year-old Palestinian girl killed in her home by Israeli military [Video]

Israeli forces shot a two-year-old girl in the head in her West Bank home on Saturday while she was eating dinner with her family, according to health officials and family members.

The Palestinian Health Ministry says Laila Muhammad Al-Khatib was shot dead during an Israeli military raid on the village of Ash-Shuhada, just south of Jenin.

“They started to shoot at us through the windows without any warning,” Ghada Asous, the toddler’s grandmother, said. “All of a sudden, the special forces raided us and were shooting through the windows.”

Media reports say the girl’s pregnant mother also sustained light injuries. Images from the scene showed bullet holes in the home’s windows.

A funeral was held on Sunday.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) say troops on a counterterrorism operation had fired at a structure where suspected militants had barricaded themselves. It said in a statement that it was reviewing reports that …