Israel will investigate Hind Rajab’s death. Her mother wants more

The mother of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza has demanded an independent inquiry into her daughter's death, criticizing a recent Israeli military investigation as insufficient. Wesam Hamada, Hind Rajab's mother, remembers her daughter's final pleas for help as she was killed after Israeli forces fired on her family's car.

The widely circulated recording of Hind's January 2024 phone call to her mother and emergency dispatchers has made her one of the most prominent casualties of the Israel-Hamas war. Israel's military acknowledged firing at the family's car and at an ambulance dispatched to help, and said it would launch a criminal investigation into its troops' conduct.

However, Hamada and the Palestinian Red Crescent Society doubt the Israeli investigation can deliver justice, saying it is an attempt to distract from the situation in Gaza and improve the Israeli army's image.