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Israel Opens Military Criminal Probes Into Hind Rajab Killing and Rafah Medics

The army’s first admission that it fired on the vehicle carrying five‑year‑old Hind Rajab raises questions about the credibility of its internal accountability mechanisms.

File photo of Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl, who was killed in 2024 alongside her family.
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People hold a giant portrait of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed during the war in Gaza, on a beach in Barcelona, Spain, January, 2026.

Overview

  • The Israeli military said on Wednesday that military police have opened criminal investigations into the January 2024 killing of Hind Rajab and the March 2025 shooting and burial of 15 Palestinian medics in Rafah.
  • For the first time the IDF publicly acknowledged it fired on the family vehicle that carried Hind and said alleged failures in coordinating the Palestine Red Crescent ambulance prompted the criminal probe.
  • The military said its fact‑finding body reviewed roughly 150 wartime incidents and referred findings to prosecutors, but it declined to open criminal cases in three other high‑profile aid‑worker deaths including the World Central Kitchen convoy strike.
  • The Hind Rajab Foundation has pursued cross‑border accountability, filing a criminal complaint in India this week against an Israeli soldier it alleges was involved in unlawful actions in Khan Younis.
  • Rights groups say the moves are limited because Israeli military probes seldom lead to convictions, which has pushed NGOs and UN bodies to press for independent international or universal‑jurisdiction action.