{"id":131515,"date":"2026-08-19T19:36:06","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/?p=131515"},"modified":"2026-08-19T19:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:36:10","slug":"israel-opens-criminal-probes-over-killings-of-hind-rajab-and-gaza-rescue-workers-military-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationaltimes.pk\/eng\/2026\/131515\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel opens criminal probes over killings of Hind Rajab and Gaza rescue workers, military says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web Desk(National Times)- Israel\u2019s military will open internal criminal investigations over its troops\u2019 killings in Gaza of Hind Rajab in January 2024 and 15 emergency and aid workers in March 2025, it said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The military said the investigation decisions followed probes by its Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism. It released decisions regarding five incidents involving the deaths of Palestinians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They included an examination of the killings of seven aid workers with the World Central Kitchen charity in April 2024. On that incident, the military claimed there was \u201cno reasonable suspicion of criminal misconduct that would justify the opening of a criminal investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor more than a thousand days, the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) has been conducting intensive combat across numerous fronts, carrying out a wide range of military missions in an exceptionally complex operational reality,\u201d the Israeli military said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs part of the IDF\u2019s obligations under international law and Israeli domestic law, the IDF examines exceptional incidents that occurred during combat,\u201d the military said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In January 2024, six-year-old Hind&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1813176\">pleaded<\/a>&nbsp;to be rescued, after her family\u2019s car came under fire in war-ravaged Gaza City, leaving her alone, frightened and injured, surrounded by the bodies of her dead relatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI am so scared,\u201d she had said in a desperate phone call to the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cCall someone to come get me, please.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After more than two weeks of frantic efforts to reach her, Hind\u2019s body, along with those of her relatives and two PRCS workers who had been dispatched to rescue her, was recovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An independent investigation by the London-based research group Forensic Architecture&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1981869\">analysed<\/a>&nbsp;satellite imagery and visual evidence, concluding that several Israeli tanks were near the vehicle and that one fired 335 rounds at the car carrying Hind and her family. The group also suggested that a tank likely attacked the ambulance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hind\u2019s story and the recording of her emergency call later became the basis for the docudrama \u201cThe Voice of Hind Rajab\u201d by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The film was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1978047\">nominated<\/a>&nbsp;for best international feature film in the Academy Awards this year. The film incorporates real audio from Hind\u2019s call to Red Crescent emergency workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March this year, US lawmakers&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1981869\">introduced<\/a>&nbsp;legislation demanding a US investigation into Hind\u2019s killing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Web Desk(National Times)- Israel\u2019s military will open internal criminal investigations over its troops\u2019 killings in Gaza of Hind Rajab in January 2024 and 15 emergency and aid workers in March 2025, it said on Wednesday. The military said the investigation decisions followed probes by its Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism. 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