Israel denies responsibility for Hind Rajab's death.
A mural of Hind Rajab, the 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed in Gaza, along with several family members and paramedics, by artist Emmalene Blake in Dublin, May 15, 2024.It's January 29, 2024, and the fighting is raging in Gaza City. The voice on the telephone belongs to 5-year-old Hind Rajab, alone and trapped in a car with her extended family, talking to a Palestinian Red Crescent dispatcher."I'm so scared, please come.
"They are shooting at us," Layan told dispatcher Omar al-Qam in audio recordings provided to ABC News by the PRCS. "They are shooting at us. The tank is next to me."Al-Qam asked again whether Layan was in the car. Then heavy gunfire could be heard, followed by screams, and the line went silent."They are dead," she told Rana Faqih, the Palestinian Red Crescent dispatcher, based miles away in Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank.
A view of the heavy damaged ambulance going to aid Rajab family, which was targeted by Israeli forces and became unusable, Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza, Feb. 10, 2024.The PRCS said they coordinated with the Israeli Defense Forces when they sent the ambulance to rescue Hind. The IDF has denied that it had coordinated with the PRCS to create a safe passageway, saying they were not fighting in that area at the time.
Satellite imagery captured on January 29th at 15:31 local time appears to show armored military vehicles on Arab Street in Gaza, 200 meters north of where Hind's body is found.into Hind's death based on dispatcher recordings, photos and videos of the aftermath, and more than a dozen interviews. The newspaper reports that they also spoke with military, satellite, munitions and audio experts as part of the investigation.
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