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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The country's Military Prosecutor's Office has decided to open a criminal investigation into the deaths of nine people, including Hind Rajab
After denying its presence in the area, the Israeli army finally admitted the involvement of its troops in the death of the five-year-old and announced the opening of a criminal investigation.
On Wednesday, 19 August, the Israeli army announced the opening of a criminal investigation into the death of five-year-old Hind Rajab, who had been killed in Gaza in 2024. The girl had desperately called for help from the Palestinian Red Crescent, but the two paramedics who had come to her aid had also been killed. Three other cases, called "exceptional incidents during the fighting", are also concerned with the opening of criminal investigatio…
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