US Muslim rights group condemns Israeli attacks that killed 7 Palestinians

The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Saturday condemned Israeli military attacks that killed at least seven Palestinians, including a seven-month-old infant shot dead in the occupied West Bank and six civilians sheltering in a Gaza tent, as the group urged Washington to suspend weapons transfers to Tel Aviv.

Deadly strikes on displaced families

An Israeli drone strike targeted a tent housing displaced civilians in Gaza City on Saturday, killing six people and wounding ten others, including children, according to Palestinian medical sources. The attack came less than twenty-four hours after Israeli soldiers opened fire on a family vehicle in the Tel Rumeida neighborhood of southern Hebron, killing a seven-month-old baby and injuring both parents.

Washington urged to halt military aid

CAIR — the largest Muslim civil rights organization in the United States — said in a statement that the murder of the infant and an Israeli massacre at a wedding in Gaza represented "horrific crimes that should shock the conscience of every person." "No military force that repeatedly kills children, medical workers, journalists, and civilians — using American taxpayer-supplied weapons — should continue to enjoy impunity or the support of our own government," the group said, calling on the international community to take concrete action to protect Palestinian civilians and end the occupation.

Ceasefire violations mount

The violence occurred amid continued Israeli breaches of the ceasefire agreement that took effect on October 10, Palestinian authorities reported. Since the truce began, at least 951 Palestinians have been killed and nearly 3,000 injured in near-daily Israeli attacks, while the occupied West Bank has witnessed escalating military raids, mass arrests and settlement expansion concurrent with the Gaza war that began in October 2023.