Israel Will Investigate Hind Rajab's Killing. Her Mother Wants More
Wesam Hamada says an internal military probe cannot deliver justice, as prior reviews led to prosecution in just 0.17% of cases, Yesh Din said.
- On Wednesday, the Israeli military announced a criminal investigation into the deaths of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and two paramedics, admitting it fired on the family's car and responding ambulance in Gaza.
- Recordings of Hind and her 15-year-old cousin Layan Hamada calling for help sparked international outcry after the Palestinian Red Crescent Society released them, amplified by the Oscar-nominated film "The Voice of Hind Rajab."
- Advocates and Wesam Hamada, Hind's mother, expressed skepticism citing Israeli rights group Yesh Din's finding that just 0.17% of incidents reviewed from 2014 and 2022 led to prosecution.
- The Belgium-based Hind Rajab Foundation dismissed the probe Wednesday, stating it "should not be mistaken for a genuine step toward justice" and that internal military investigations are "fundamentally flawed."
- This probe is one of roughly 150 incidents under review amid the broader Israel-Hamas war, which has claimed more than 73,400 lives; Hamada said her pain is "like the pain of every mother who has lost her child in Gaza.
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"Why did the investigation and the admission that they shot at Hind's car and the rescuers only come after more than two years?" said the mother of the six-year-old. The post Hind's mother Rajab does not trust the Israeli army in the investigation of the child's murder appeared first on in.gr.
Who was Hind Rajab and why is Israel finally investigating the 5-year-old’s killing?
Two years after the Palestinian girl's desperate phone calls shook the world, Israel has admitted its forces fired on her car — and opened a criminal probe. The question now: Will the investigation head anywhere?
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Israel acknowledges it killed Gaza girl, family
JERUSALEM — Israel's military acknowledged Wednesday that its troops opened fire on a car carrying Palestinian girl Hind Rajab, 5, and her family members in Gaza in 2024 and said it opened a criminal investigation.
‘The Voice of Hind Rajab’ Director Blasts Israeli Probe Into Palestinian Girl’s Killing as 'A Smokescreen'
Kaouther Ben Hania, director of the Oscar-nominated docudrama “The Voice of Hind Rajab,” called out Israel’s decision to launch an investigation into the killing of five-year-old Palestinian Hind Rajab in Gaza. “Following the Israeli military’s announcement that it is opening a criminal investigation into the killing of Hind Rajab, many journalists have reached out to me. I do not wish to give interviews, but I want to say this,” Ben Hania wrote…
‘Voice of Hind Rajab’ Director Slams Israeli Military Investigation Into 5-Year-Old Girl’s Death as a “Smokescreen”
"What is needed now is not a public relations operation. What is needed is justice (delivered by an independent authority) for Hind and for all the victims of the genocide in Gaza," Kaouther Ben Hania, who helmed the Oscar-nominated docudrama, said, dismissing the criminal probe announced this week as Rajab's mother also called for an independent inquiry.
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