West Bank, June 10 -- A video released by Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem has reignited scrutiny over the fatal shooting of a seven-month-old Palestinian infant in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron.

The footage, published on Tuesday, June 9, shows the moments before Israeli soldier opened fire on a vehicle carrying the Abu Haikal family in Hebron's Tel Rumeida neighbourhood. According to B'Tselem, the family was returning home from a visit to relatives when the shooting occurred on Friday, June 5.

The rights group said the footage shows the vehicle slowing down after the driver noticed soldiers on the road. It maintains that the car posed no threat to the troops.

"The footage clearly shows that the Israeli soldier fired ...