"The Voice of Hind Rajab" – How did Israeli soldiers kill the 5-year-old Palestinian girl?

"The Voice of Hind Rajab" – How Israeli soldiers killed a 5-year-old Palestinian girl

In recent days, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's speech at the UN has been widely discussed. He called the accusations that Israel committed genocide in Gaza "the lie of the century." However, Israel's current actions on Palestinian land are unlike previous ones: this time, almost the entire world is watching the wave of war online. So many war crimes have been committed in Gaza that it is no longer possible to deny them.

In January 2024, the Israeli military besieging Gaza carried out another massacre. They killed a 5-year-old girl, six of her relatives, and employees of the Palestine Red Crescent Society. Although this event was internationally condemned, Israel denied that the incident took place. Recently, the Jewish state admitted to the massacre, and an investigation was launched. However, human rights activists predict that the investigations will end fruitlessly, and the war criminals will escape punishment.

Since the establishment of the State of Israel, it has been brutal towards the Palestinian people. The oppression did not stop even after Palestine declared itself an independent state in the mid-1980s and still continues. Over the past years, Israel has annexed a very large territory belonging to Palestine through occupation. Then it expelled Palestinians, demolished homes, and built housing for Jews in their place.

The war that began in 2023 in response to Hamas's attack on Israel turned Gaza into ruins. 5-year-old girl Hind Rajab, who was killed along with her family members in January 2024, was another Arab child who fell victim to the brutality.

On January 29, 2024, Hind Rajab and six of her relatives decided to leave Gaza, which was being shelled by the Israeli military. They got into a Kia car from the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood and set off. An Israeli tank in the vicinity fired a shell at the car. As a result, Hind's aunt, uncle, and three cousins were killed. The girl and another of her cousins, 15-year-old Hamada, were wounded.

Hamada called the Palestine Red Crescent Society to ask for help and said, "There is a tank in front of us, they are shooting at us, we are in a passenger car. Our relatives have died." At that moment, an Israeli soldier shot and killed Hamada. Hind Rajab took the phone, and the staff told her not to cut the connection, saying they would come to help soon.