Israel confirms soldiers fired at car in which Hind Rajab was killed and opens criminal investigation
Yolande Knell and Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondentsJerusalem The Israeli military has confirmed for the first time that it opened fire on a car carrying five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was killed along with six relatives in Gaza in 2024. Rajab initially survived the attack and answered a telephone call during which she pleaded for help.
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- Fact 1: Yolande Knell and Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondentsJerusalem The Israeli military has confirmed for the first time that it opened fire on a car carrying five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was killed along with six relatives in Gaza in 2024.
- Fact 2: In a statement, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said that it would open a criminal investigation into Hind, her family and the paramedics' killings, as well as the killing of 15 Palestinians, including medics and a UN worker, in March 2025.
- Fact 3: "At one point, she told me it was getting dark," Rana told the BBC in February 2024.
- Fact 4: "As part of the IDF's obligations under international law and Israeli domestic law, the IDF examines exceptional incidents that occurred during combat." Aside from the criminal investigation into Hind, her family and the paramedics, the IDF also said it would investigate the killing of 15 Palestinians, after an IDF unit fired on ambulances, a fire engine and a marked UN vehicle, in the Tal al-Sultan area of Rafah in southern Gaza during an emergency call-out early on 23 March 2025.
Yolande Knell and Lucy WilliamsonMiddle East correspondentsJerusalem The Israeli military has confirmed for the first time that it opened fire on a car carrying five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, who was killed along with six relatives in Gaza in 2024. Rajab initially survived the attack and answered a telephone call during which she pleaded for help.
The call lasted hours. An ambulance sent to reach her – in a move co-ordinated with the Israeli army - was then shelled, killing two paramedics. Hind's body was recovered days later, along with the others killed.
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Original source: BBC News World
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