Israel Opens Criminal Probe Into 2024 Killing of 6-Year-Old Hind Rajab
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Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 21
Israel Opens Criminal Probe Into 2024 Killing of 6-Year-Old Hind Rajab
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Aug 21
Summary
Israel this week opened a rare criminal investigation into the 2024 killing of 6-year-old Hind Rajab and her family in Gaza after the case drew international condemnation.
Hind became a symbol of the war after calling aid workers for help while trapped in a car with dead relatives before Israeli fire killed her and the family.
The move follows the military's admission this week that troops shot the car in January 2024, reversing months of denials; Red Crescent paramedics sent to rescue her were also killed.
The probe stands out because an Israeli fact-finding mission declined to send some other "exceptional incidents" — including the World Central Kitchen aid-worker killings — to military prosecutors.