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Israel Says Its Troops Fired on Vehicle Carrying Hind Rajab and Opens Military Criminal Probe

The rare admission launches a Military Police criminal inquiry and follows years of forensic reporting and public attention that had accused Israeli forces of responsibility.

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Despliegue de una lona con el retrato de Hind Rajab, la niña fallecida en Gaza, en un acto conmemorativo en Barcelona, España.
Imagen de una concentración en Turquía en rechazo al asesinato de la niña de 6 años palestina Hind Rijab a manos del Ejército de Israel.

Overview

  • The Israel Defense Forces disclosed Wednesday that a FFAM review found its troops fired on the car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab in January 2024 and on the ambulance that came to rescue her.
  • The army said the January attack killed nine people including Hind and that the Military Prosecutor ordered a criminal investigation to be carried out by the Military Police Criminal Investigations Division.
  • Independent forensic work cited in coverage, including a reconstruction by Forensic Architecture, estimated hundreds of projectile impacts on the family’s Kia Picanto, which helped drive renewed scrutiny of the case.
  • The FFAM report opened proceedings in this incident while deciding not to pursue criminal charges in other high-profile cases such as the World Central Kitchen convoy attack, a choice that has drawn sharp criticism over selective accountability.
  • Hind’s family, rights groups and international experts have called for an independent, transparent probe and the military inquiry could increase pressure on Israel from courts and rights bodies reviewing civilian and medical-worker deaths in Gaza.