What to Know About Israel’s Probe Into the Killing of Hind Rajab
Israel's military acknowledged its troops fired on Hind Rajab's family car and opened a criminal investigation into the 2024 killings.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has confirmed for the first time that its soldiers opened fire on a vehicle carrying 5-year-old Hind Rajab and six other family members in Gaza. The IDF will now investigate the incident, which occurred in January 2024. The internal IDF body, the General Staff Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism (FFAM), determined that Israeli troops fired on the Hamada family's vehicle as it approached them, killing five passengers.
The two surviving girls, Hind and her 15-year-old cousin Layan Hamada, were eventually rescued by a Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) ambulance. However, the two paramedics inside the ambulance were killed when a shell was fired at the vehicle after it arrived at the scene. Hind's mother, Wesam Hamada, called for an independent and transparent investigation, rejecting a closed military inquiry.
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