Global InformationKilling of Hind Rajab information
| Killing of Hind Rajab | |
|---|---|
| Part of the 2023 Israel–Hamas war | |
 Rajab graduating from senior kindergarten | |
  Killing of Hind Rajab (State of Palestine) The attack site | |
| Location | Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip |
| Coordinates | 31°30′32.76″N 34°26′12.84″E / 31.5091000°N 34.4369000°E |
| Date | 29 January 2024 |
Attack type | Mass homicide, child homicide by gunshot |
| Deaths | 9 |
| Perpetrators |  Israel Defense Forces |
Hind Rajab (2017/2018 – 29 January 2024) was a six-year-old[a] Palestinian girl from the Tel al-Hawa neighbourhood in Gaza City who was killed by the Israeli military, after being the sole survivor of Israeli tank fire on the vehicle in which she had fled with six relatives.[3][4]
Rajab's family were fleeing the Tel Al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City when an Israeli army tank shot at their vehicle, killing Rajab's aunt, uncle, and four cousins.[4] The only other survivor at the time, Rajab's 15 year old cousin, called the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) for emergency aid in a recorded phone call, crying and screaming that Israeli forces were shooting at them amid the sound of gunfire before going silent when she was also killed.[5]
Six year old Rajab was then the sole survivor in the car, surrounded by the dead bodies of her family, and her subsequent emergency three-hour phone call with PRCS was released, in which she told the dispatcher, "I'm so scared, please come. Come take me. Please, will you come?" Hind was also eventually killed by Israeli forces.[6][4]
A PRCS ambulance was sent to rescue Rajab, which was attacked by Israeli forces, killing two PRCS paramedics, Yusuf Zeino and Ahmed al-Madhoun, in a deliberate attack according to the organization, and despite the fact that Israel was notified of its dispatch.[7] Israel claimed that its troops were not near the vehicle in which Rajab was killed;[8] however, Al Jazeera and The Washington Post refuted Israel's claims, basing their investigations on satellite imagery.[9][10]
- ^ "Gaza: Initial findings show Israeli army purposefully kills a child, uses an American-made missile to target her rescue crew". Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor. February 2024.
- ^ "Where is Hind? Calls for answers more than a week after rescuers go missing trying to save trapped 5-year-old". CNN. 10 February 2024. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct Hind's age.
- ^ Salman, Abeer; Za’anoun, Khader Al (10 February 2024). "Five-year-old Palestinian girl found dead after being trapped in car under Israeli fire". CNN. Archived from the original on 20 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ a b c Da Silva, Chantal (11 February 2024). "'They killed her twice': Hind Rajab's mother mourns girl, 6, found killed days after being trapped under Israeli fire". NBC News. Archived from the original on 29 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
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