In the recording, Hind Rajab can be heard desperately crying: “Come save me.” (File)
Relatives on Saturday discovered the body of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who begged Gaza rescuers for help after being trapped by Israeli gunfire, along with those of five of her family members and two ambulance crews who responded to the rescue. corpse. she.
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) accused Israel of deliberately targeting the ambulance sent to rescue Hind Rajab after she spent hours calling dispatchers for help as gunfire echoed around her. .
“Despite prior coordination, the occupiers deliberately targeted Red Crescent staff to allow ambulances to arrive on scene to rescue Hind,” the Red Crescent said in a statement.
The Israeli military did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the Red Crescent statement.
Family members discovered Hind’s body, along with those of her uncle, aunt and three children near a roundabout in Gaza City’s Tel Al Hawa suburb, the official Palestinian news agency Wafa reported.
PCRS released a photo of the ambulance, which could be seen almost completely burned. Al Jazeera footage from the scene showed the ambulance just steps away from the car they said the family was traveling in, a damaged black Kia Picanto riddled with bullet holes .
Harrowing audio footage of Hind’s horrified conversation with aid workers 12 days ago revealed her plight, underscoring the impossible situation faced by civilians in the face of four months of Israeli attacks on Gaza.
The war began on October 7, when Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and taking 253 hostages, according to Israeli statistics.
Israeli forces have seized much of the small Palestinian enclave amid heavy bombing in a conflict that has killed more than 28,000 people, according to Gaza’s health authorities.
Over the course of the war, the Israeli military said it would take measures to avoid civilian casualties. It has faced strong criticism from the international community over the number of casualties.
Audio clips released by the Red Crescent earlier this month recorded the first call made by Hind’s teenage cousin, Layan Hamadeh, to a dispatcher saying an Israeli tank was approaching, Then shots rang out and she screamed.
Hind, believed to be the only survivor, spent three hours on the phone line with dispatchers who tried to comfort her as they prepared to send an ambulance.
In another recording, Hind can be heard desperately crying, “Come save me.” “I’m so scared, please come quickly.”
PCRS said that after coordinating with the Israeli military through a mediator and receiving approval, it determined it was safe enough to dispatch an ambulance with two crew members, Youssef Zeino and Ay Ahmed Al-Madhoon.
“In our last communication with the group, they said the occupying forces fired laser beams at them. We heard gunshots and then explosions,” said the Red Crescent in Ramallah, Nebar Fasak province. People say.
They subsequently lost contact with both the ambulance team and Hinde, leaving their families, colleagues and many people around the world fearful for their fate.
“While we continue to investigate what exactly happened, we want to reiterate that civilians must be protected – no child should fear for his life surrounded by the bodies of his family members. These may have been Hind’s final moments, This is devastating and unbearable,” an International Committee of the Red Cross spokesman told Reuters.
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