CNN reporting:
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A 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was trapped in a car with her dead relatives after it came under Israeli fire in Gaza last month has been found dead.
On January 29, Hind Rajab had been traveling in a car with her uncle, his wife and their four children, fleeing fighting in northern Gaza, when they came under Israeli fire, according to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).
“The child [Hind Rajab] and everyone in the car were found killed by the Israeli Army near the Fares petrol station in the Tal Al-Hawa area, southwest of Gaza City, after about two weeks of her unknown fate due to the Israeli military operation in the area,” according to Khader Al Za’anoun, a Palestinian journalist working for CNN who spoke to the child’s grandfather.
The PRCS also confirmed the death of two ambulance workers dispatched to rescue the girl.
“The occupation deliberately targeted the Red Crescent crew despite obtaining prior coordination to allow the ambulance to reach the location to rescue the girl Hind,” read the statement.
Soon after the incident, CNN gave the Israeli military details about the incident last Friday, including coordinates provided by the Palestine Red Crescent Society. In response, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was “unfamiliar with the incident described.”
When contacted again by CNN, the IDF said they were “still looking into it.”
Hind’s cousin, 15-year-old Layan Hamadeh, made a desperate call for help to emergency services that was recorded by the PRCS and shared on social media. Audio of gunshots heard during the call revealed that Hamadeh was killed while making the call.
“They are shooting at us. The tank is right next to me. We’re in the car, the tank is right next to us,” Layan screams, amid intense gunfire in the background.
Layan then goes quiet, and the rounds of fire stop.
The paramedic on the phone tries to speak to her, repeatedly saying, “Hello? Hello?” but there is no response.
Alone, terrified and trapped in the car with the bodies of her relatives around her, Hind made a desperate call for help.
“Come take me. Will you come and take me? I’m so scared, please come!” Hind can be heard saying in a recording of the call to responders, released by the PRCS.
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Israel targeted the ambulance that came to rescue Hind & killed its entire crew despite the Red Crescent coordinating with & requesting permission from the IDF to approach the area. The ambulance was found a mere few meters from the car where Hind’s body was found; an ambush!
The IDF was told that an ambulance was on it’s way to get her. They found the ambulance with the two paramedics dead. The ambulance had been bombed. Hind could have been rescued, the IDF prevented it.
What killed them
The first two photos show the missile that hit the ambulance car when they tried to rescue Hind, who was trapped in her family’s car after targeting them. The third photo is news about the arms package from the US to Israel, which includes the missile that hit the ambulance car.
A Post investigation has found that Israeli vehicles were present in the area and that Israeli weapons likely caused the visible damage in the killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab and eight others in Gaza City on January 29. Before she was killed, Rajab called the Palestinian Red Crescent to say Israeli tanks were approaching, and the ambulance driven by two Red Crescent paramedics who were killed while trying to rescue her bore a 300mm hole and other damage consistent with a tank round. Elad Goren, head of the Coordination and Liaison Administration at COGAT, an arm of the Israeli Defense Ministry that oversees the Palestinian territories, told The Post that the agency “coordinated everything … including the ambulance that wanted to go and find Hind.” The IDF denied that any coordination had taken place and claimed that its forces were not in the area, despite satellite imagery showing what appear to be Merkava tanks 300m away at the time. [gift link]: https://wapo.st/4aCoCqA
Update on the ‘investigation’:
