Relatives found the body of Hind Rajab, who was caught up in Israeli shelling and called for help from rescue teams.
The body of a six-year-old Palestinian girl who was missing for 12 days after her family's car was targeted by an Israeli tank in the Gaza Strip has been found, along with the bodies of two medics sent to search for her.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) and the girl's family, Hind Rajab, confirmed on Saturday that all seven people in the car had died, while Palestinian relief organizations confirmed that crew members Yusuf Zeino and Ahmed Almadhoun had died. He announced that he had lost it in an accident. Israel attacks civilians in Gaza City.
Hind's body was found near a roundabout on the outskirts of Tal al-Hawa by his family, along with his uncle, aunt and their three children, Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
Hind's other uncle, Sammy Hamade, said the car was riddled with bullet holes.
“The occupation forces deliberately targeted the ambulance upon arrival at the scene, and the ambulance was found several meters away from the vehicle carrying the trapped Hind boy,” PRCS said in a statement.
“The occupation deliberately targeted Palestine Red Crescent emergency workers, even though pre-arrangements had been made to allow an ambulance to arrive at the location to rescue the child Hind.”
🚨 URGENT: A Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance was found blown up in the Tal Al Hawa area. #Gaza As a result, crew members Yusuf Zeino and Ahmed Al Madhoun were killed. The two had been missing since Hind Rajab's rescue operation 12 days ago.#NotA target❌… pic.twitter.com/dCgfeevTd8
— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 10, 2024
Earlier this month, PRCS released an audio file in which Hind can be heard pleading with members of the rescue team over the phone. Her entire family is believed to have been killed before her, and she was left cowering in fear in her car loaded with the bodies of her loved ones.
“Please come because I'm so scared. Please call someone to take me,” she said, crying desperately during a call that lasted three hours to calm the frightened child, according to PRCS. I heard it.
The Israeli military had previously said it was not aware of the incident.
PRCS had begun counting the hours since it lost contact with Hind and other crew members in an effort to draw attention to the plight of Palestinian medical workers who continue to be under constant attack by Israeli forces.
Immediately after her family was targeted, Hind's mother said in an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic that she managed to speak to her older cousin, Rayan Hamadeh, 15, who was in the car with Hind. Ta.
“They're firing at us. The tanks are next to us,” Rayan said in a recording released at the time.
Then a barrage of gunfire was heard, followed by screams, and the line broke off.
Hind's plight, revealed in a harrowing audio clip, underscores the impossible situation for civilians faced with Israel's four-month assault on Gaza, which many governments have described as a “genocide.”
According to Israeli tallies, since October 7, when Hamas fighters attacked Israel, Israeli forces have killed around 28,000 people, mostly women and children, with more than 1,100 killed and 253 taken prisoner. It became.
