Israel opens criminal probe into killing of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab

The Israeli military announced on August 19-21, 2026, that it would open criminal investigations into its troops' 2024 killing of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab and her relatives in Gaza. Her family expressed skepticism, calling the probe an attempt to "justify" the killing more than two years after her death.

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Israeli army launches criminal probe into killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab in Gaza

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The Israeli military will open internal criminal investigations into its troops' 2024 killing of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab alongside six of her relatives, as well as the killings of 15 medics and humanitarian workers in 2025, it announced Wednesday. Israeli rights groups have warned that such investigations rarely lead to convictions.

Israel army launches criminal probe into killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab

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The Israeli military said Wednesday it had ordered a criminal investigation into the 2024 killing in Gaza of five-year-old Hind Rajab, whose death drew international outrage after a harrowing recording of her last words. Hind'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

Israel army admits firing on car in death of five-year-old Hind Rajab

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The Israeli military on Wednesday 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

Israeli army acknowledges firing on Hind Rajab’s car

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Israel’s military acknowledged for the first time that its soldiers fired on the car carrying five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab and six relatives in Gaza in 2024, and said it had opened a criminal investigation into the killings [bbc.co.uk#1][egyptindependent.com#1][france24.com#2][theguardian.com#1][npr.org#2]. The military said the case was referred to the Military Police Criminal Invest

Israeli military opens probes into Hind Rajab killing

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Israel’s military said Aug. 19 it would open criminal investigations into two Gaza incidents involving its troops: the 2024 killing of 5-year-old Palestinian Hind Rajab, six relatives and two Red Crescent rescuers, and the 2025 killing of 15 Palestinian medics and humanitarian personnel [bbc.co.uk#1][cbsnews.com#1][apnews.com#1][france24.com#4]. The military also acknowledged for the first time th

Investigation into killing of Hind Rajab and Gaza paramedics comes ‘extremely late’

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The investigation into the killing of Hind Rajab and paramedics in Gaza launched by the Israeli army came as a “surprise” in the country, “because so much time has passed” since the events took place, FRANCE 24 correspondent Noga Tarnopolsky said. “The timing is extremely late.” But Tarnopolsky said “the fact that these two very renown cases are being referred to criminal investigation is already

Hind Rajab’s Family Rejects Israeli Probe, Demands International Justice The Israeli military has admitted that its forces fired on the vehicle carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab after previously denyi

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Hind Rajab’s Family Rejects Israeli Probe, Demands International Justice The Israeli military has admitted that its forces fired on the vehicle carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab after previously denying any presence at the scene, but her family says an army investigating itself cannot deliver justice. READ MORE

Hind Rajab's family says criminal probe attempt by Israel army to 'justify' killing

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The grandmother of Hind Rajab told AFP her family had no faith in a criminal probe into the five-year-old's death in Gaza in 2024, calling it little more than an attempt by the Israeli military to "justify" her killing. 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 Crescen