Hind Rajab was intentionally killed in broad daylight - Euro-Med Monitor

GAZA – The Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor reported that a five-year-old Hind Rajab and her relatives were killed in a planned execution carried out by the Israeli Occupation Forces.اضافة اعلان
Hind and five of her family members were riding in a civilian car in the Tal Al-Hawa neighborhood, in the southwestern part of Gaza City, on January 29, at around 5:00 PM, when they were exposed to direct and repeated fire from the IOF.



12 days after making a distress call while injured and trapped in the destroyed car, Hind was found dead on February 10 among the dead bodies of her relatives, who were also killed inside the vehicle. No one could get to her in time to save her.

Prior to the telephone call made by five-year-old Hind, her cousin, 15-year-old Layan Hamada, who was in the same car, made a call to the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to ask for assistance as they were surrounded by IOF tanks. The call's audio recording captures audio clips from the intense gunfire that the car was subjected to. Layan's voice went silent after she screamed intensely, killed by that gunfire.

The post by the Palestine Red Crescent was a haunting plea, hoping to learn the fate of three people not heard from.

“Where is Hind? Where are Ahmed and Yousef? We need to know,” it said.

Two of the group’s rescuers were dispatched Monday to find six-year-old Hind Rajab,… pic.twitter.com/Rt1BUQ6wEE

— Jordan News (@jordannewsdaily) February 5, 2024

On the same day, the PRCS found the bodies of two of its paramedics, Yousef Zaino and Ahmed Al-Madhoun, who were sent to rescue Hind after receiving her telephoned distress call and after conducting the security coordination required by the IOF to allow such missions.

The child's family claims that Hind fled their neighborhood in a black Kia car along with her uncle, aunt, and three of her cousins after the IOF ordered residents to evacuate to the south during a ground incursion that lasted for roughly two weeks and during which the IOF imposed a strict siege on the area.

Initial testimonies collected by the Euro-Med Monitor team showed that the car came under fire after encountering Israeli tanks and military vehicles. It entered a nearby gas station to take cover from bullets and shells.

#Gaza| All available evidence indicate that the IDF is responsible for the bombing of the ambulance that attempted to rescue Hind (6)

An American-made M830A1 shell fragments were found at the bombed Red Crescent ambulance, which is consistent with the damage seen on the vehicle pic.twitter.com/Ibx2TKnLOh

— Euro-Med Monitor (@EuroMedHR) February 11, 2024

After the IOF vehicles withdrew from the area, the car was found with numerous gunshot holes, broken glass, and heavy evidence of bullets fired directly at it.

A field investigation revealed that there appeared to be remnants of IOF tanks on the road leading to the vehicle, and satellite imagery taken just hours before the crime revealed that IOF vehicles were 200 meters from the car's site.

After examining the victims' bodies, it became evident that they had been subjected to intense fire and shrapnel from artillery shelling. Meanwhile, a few meters away, the ambulance that had been dispatched to save Hind, its engine lying on the ground, was completely burned, resulting in the deaths of the two PRCS paramedics who had arrived at the scene after completing the required coordination with the IOF.

The IOF targeted the PRCS ambulance with a US-made shell, as evidenced by pieces of an American-made M830A1 HEAT shell discovered inside.

After 12 days of being missing, the body of six-year-old Hind Rajab was discovered alongside five members of her family, who were all killed by Israeli occupation tanks in Gaza inside their vehicle. pic.twitter.com/sgKZD5Hwtj

— Jordan News (@jordannewsdaily) February 10, 2024

The facts show that both crimes took place during daylight hours, which means that the IOF had clear visibility and was undoubtedly able to identify and distinguish that the occupants of the car were a group of civilians consisting of a family with their children and that the vehicle approaching the car was an ambulance, the same vehicle that had coordinated with the IOF to remove the child, Hind, and transport her to the hospital. Euro-Med Monitor notes that this is more proof that the IOF intentionally targets Palestinian civilians.

According to the Geneva Conventions and the Rome Statute, five-year-old Hind Rajab, her family, and the two paramedics who attempted to save Hind were all victims of a serious and complex crime that included multiple grave violations and war crimes. The first was the planned unlawful killing of unarmed civilians in a civilian car in broad daylight; the second was the refusal to give urgent medical assistance to injured people when they discovered that a wounded child was still alive; and the third was the intentional unlawful killing of PRCS paramedics on a humanitarian assistance mission, despite their use of the Red Crescent emblem, which is protected by international humanitarian law.


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