death of a five-year old Palestinian girl by Israeli Army gunfire during the Israel-Gaza war
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UN Human Rights Council Washington Post PRCS Al Jazeera Clock Tower X Hind Rajab Foundation Justice For All UN Independent International Commission… International Criminal Court Sky News Columbia University Israeli military Palestinian Foreign Ministry Forensic Architecture UNRWA 401st Brigade
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Hind Rami Iyad Rajab (Arabic: هند رامي إياد رجب;[4][5] 3 May 2018 – 29 January 2024) was a five-year-old[a] Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip who was killed by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) during the Gaza war
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On 29 January 2024, Rajab and her family were fleeing Gaza City when their vehicle was shelled by the IDF, killing her uncle, aunt and three cousins
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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
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Both Rajab and the paramedics were later also found dead on 10 February after an Israeli withdrawal
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Israel claimed that there were not any troops present in the neighborhood and denied carrying out the attack
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the Washington Post and Sky News's 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
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The Forensic Architecture investigation also concluded that an Israeli tank had also likely attacked the ambulance that came for Rajab
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On 19 August 2026, the Israeli Defense Force announced that they had launched a criminal investigation into her death
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Shell fragments of an American-made M830A1 projectile were found at the site of the bombed Red Crescent ambulance
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Al Jazeera investigation further found that three Israeli tanks were in the vicinity of Rajab's family vehicle at the time of the attack
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Independent experts appointed in July 2024 by the United Nations Human Rights Council stated Rajab's killing might amount to a war crime
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Shortly after Rajab's death, the Palestinian Foreign Ministry called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to hold accountable those responsible for her death
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On 13 February 2024, the human rights group Justice For All submitted a case to the ICC charging the IDF with multiple war crimes for the killing of Rajab
Hind Rajab International Criminal Court Israeli military Justice For All
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On 3 May 2025, the Hind Rajab Foundation claimed that it had identified the commander of the battalion that had killed Hind as Lieutenant Colonel Beni Aharon of the 401st Armored Brigade, and filed a war crimes complaint against him with the ICC
401st Brigade Hind Rajab Foundation International Criminal Court
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Some of the maintained websites, most notably Factsignal.org, posted baseless theories about the killing of Hind Rajab, blaming it on involuntary "crossfire" or even on Palestinian fighters
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American student protestors occupied and renamed Hamilton Hall in her honor at Columbia University
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Macklemore released the protest song "Hind's Hall" in May 2024, with all proceeds going to UNRWA.
In May 2024, American rapper Macklemore released "Hind's Hall", a protest song honoring Rajab and supporting student protests. He stated that all proceeds generated from streams would go towards UNRWA
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The feature film "The Voice of Hind Rajab" (2025) follows the story of Hind Rajab's killing.
The feature film The Voice of Hind Rajab (2025) follows the story of her killing
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The Red Crescent blamed Israel for deliberately targeting the ambulance crew.
The Red Crescent laid the blame for the incident on Israel, accusing it of deliberately targeting the ambulance crew
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In September 2025, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory released a report concluding that Israel committed genocide in Gaza. The report included the killing of Hind Rajab and her family as an example of the genocidal act
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- What evidence supports the involvement of Israeli tanks in the attack on Hind Rajab's family vehicle?
- Does the killing of Hind Rajab constitute a war crime or genocide?
- Who was responsible for the killing of Hind Rajab?
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