Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian paramedics
- The Israeli military announced on August 19, 2026, that it has opened criminal investigations into the high-profile killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab, six of her family members, and two Red Crescent paramedics who were dispatched to rescue her.
- In its statement, the military acknowledged for the first time that Israeli troops fired upon the civilian vehicle carrying Rajab and her relatives in Gaza City in January 2024, and later shelled the arriving Red Crescent ambulance.
- The military also launched a separate criminal probe into the killings of 15 Palestinian paramedics and emergency workers whose marked rescue vehicles came under fire in the southern Gaza region.
- Concurrent review findings led the military to decline criminal investigations into three other high-profile attacks that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders, citing a lack of reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct.
- Family members of the victims, human rights organizations, and international legal groups expressed skepticism over the move, dismissing the internal military probes as insufficient and calling for an independent international inquiry.
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Israel opens criminal probes into troop conduct over killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab
Israel's military announced criminal probes into troop conduct in Gaza. These investigations focus on the deaths of Hind Rajab and Palestinian paramedics. However, three other attacks on aid workers will not be criminally investigated. The military reviewed 150 incidents and made decisions on five cases. Families and aid groups are calling for international investigations into these events.
Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of 5-year-old and paramedics
Hind Rajab poses in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, with a photo of her granddaughter, Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed alongside her family in Gaza in February 2024.(Jehad Alshrafi)JERUSALEM — Israel's military on Wednesday announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics. The military said it wou…
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AlKhaleej TodayIsraeli military admits firing on car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab, orders criminal investigation
JERUSALEM, Aug 20 — The Israeli military yesterday admitted its troops fired on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza in 2024, saying it had ordered a criminal investigation into the killing which drew international outrage.Hind Rajab’s body was recovered from a car riddled with bullets in Gaza City days after she was last heard from in a desperate, hours-long phone call to the Palestinian Red Crescent on January 29, 2024.The Israeli m…
On Wednesday, the Israeli army announced the opening of a criminal investigation into the death of five-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed in Gaza in 2024.
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