| Killing of Hind Rajab | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Israel–Hamas war | |
 Rajab graduating from senior kindergarten | |
  Tel al-Hawa Location within the Gaza Strip | |
| Location | Tel al-Hawa, Gaza Strip |
| Coordinates | 31°30′49″N 34°26′13″E / 31.51361°N 34.43694°E |
| Date | 29 January 2024 |
Attack type | Mass homicide, child homicide by gunshot; war crime[1] |
| Deaths | 9 civilians |
| Perpetrators |  Israeli Ground Forces |
Hind Rajab (Arabic: هند رجب; 3 May 2018 – 29 January 2024) was a five-year-old[2][a] Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip who was killed by Israeli forces, during the Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, which also killed six of her family members and two paramedics coming to her rescue.
Rajab and her family were fleeing Gaza City when their vehicle was shelled, killing her uncle, aunt and three cousins, except for Rajab and another cousin who contacted the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) to ask for help while noting that they were being attacked by an Israeli tank. The cousin was later also killed and Rajab was left stranded in the vehicle for hours on the phone, as paramedics from PRCS attempted to rescue her. Both Rajab and the paramedics were later also found killed on 10 February after an Israeli withdrawal.
Israel claimed that there weren't any troops present in the neighborhood and denied carrying out the attack. However, this was refuted by investigations relying on satellite imagery and visual evidence, which concluded that a number of Israeli tanks were indeed present and one had likely fired 335 rounds on the car that Rajab and her family had been in, with tank operators being able to see that the car had civilians including children in it.[5] The Forensic Architecture investigation also concluded that an Israeli tank had also likely attacked the ambulance that came for Rajab.[5]
In the aftermath of the killing, Western media outlets were criticized for their coverage of the incident, including for not attributing who killed Rajab and for their adultification of her. American student protestors renamed overtaken buildings in honor of Rajab, drawing increased attention to the incident.
- ^ Clayton, Freddie (22 July 2024). "Killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza may constitute a war crime, experts say". NBC News. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
- ^ "Gaza's Health Ministry reveals names of several thousand dead, over 11,355 of them are minors".
- ^ "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. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.
- ^ Regan, Helen; Khadder, Kareem; Salman, Abeer; Zaanoun, Khadder; Alkhaldi, Celine; Karadsheh, Jomana (10 February 2024). "Where is Hind? Calls for answers more than a week after rescuers go missing trying to save trapped 5-year-old". CNN. Archived from the original on 7 February 2024. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to correct Hind's age.
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