Israeli unit that killed Gaza girl reportedly identified
The Hind Rajab Foundation says after a year-long investigation it has identified the Israeli military unit and commander who killed the six-year-old Palestinian girl in Gaza in 2024, her family members, and two medics who tried to save her.
It was under the commander’s direction that “an Israeli tank unit attacked the civilian vehicle of Hind’s family, and later destroyed the Palestine Red Crescent ambulance dispatched to rescue her”, the organisation, which was created in the young girl’s memory, said in a statement.
“We will go after every officer involved – those who gave the orders, those who fired, those who covered it up, and those who let it happen,” the group said, urging the International Criminal Court to issue an arrest warrant.
Rajab was killed on January 29, 2024 when the car she was in with her six family members was hit by Israeli tank fire.
Her family died instantly but the six-year-old remained alive for hours, whispering into a phone with ambulance dispatchers: “I’m so scared … please come.”
The ambulance that was sent to save her was also attacked by Israeli fire, with two medics inside killed instantly.
Three children arrested in occupied West Bank
Israeli forces arrested three children during an ongoing raid on the town of Azzun, east of Qalqilya, in the occupied West Bank.
As global attention has focused on the brutal Israeli military offensive in Gaza, settler attacks as well as deadly raids by Israeli forces have intensified in the occupied West Bank in the past 18 months.
Activist featured in documentary says settlers ‘came to take revenge’
Palestinian activist Issa Amro says he was attacked by Israeli settlers after he featured in the BBC documentary The Settlers.
“Israeli soldiers stormed my house to scare me, and said that I send videos to BBC network and Israeli human rights organisations,” Amro said on Instagram. “They came to take revenge on me because of my participation in the BBC documentary.”
Amro posted footage showing Israeli soldiers and settlers storming his house, which local media reported is located in the Tel Rumeida neighbourhood of Hebron, in the south of the occupied West Bank.
Scenes showed settlers assaulting Amro and several other people in the house. Other clips published by the activist showed Israeli soldiers with their faces covered talking to him inside his home.
