Palestinian Red Crescent Society says it has lost contact with its ambulance team

Questions have been raised about the health of Hind Rajab, a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who was trapped in a car with her dead relatives during an Israeli fire in Gaza a week ago. On January 29, the two ambulance personnel sent by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society to search for her were also missing.

Hind was fleeing fighting in northern Gaza by car with her uncle, wife and four children when they came under Israeli fire.

“We need to know what happened to Hind and the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance team,” the Palestinian Red Crescent said in its latest statement on Tuesday.

“A lot of good things can happen in a week, but for those waiting for news or information, a week is painful. Every moment is filled with worry and sadness.”

A lot of good things can happen in a week, but for those who are waiting for news or information, the week is painful. Every moment is filled with worry and sadness. This case is representative of all the suffering and atrocities of the past few months and has really impacted… pic.twitter.com/CdSMdPDdtP

— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 5, 2024

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society released a recording of a phone call to an ambulance coordinator, in which Hind Rajab can be heard saying: “I’m scared. Please come here.” In the audio file, a little girl’s voice is heard in the background There was also a sound similar to gunshots. cbs the report said.

Response coordinator Rana Fakhh said in a video posted online by the Palestinian Red Crescent Society that Rajab stayed in contact with them by phone for three hours, repeating her pleas for rescue and saying she was afraid. The darkness of nightfall.

“This is one of the most distressing cases we’ve ever dealt with because everyone knows what it means to be a 6-year-old girl in a place like this, in an environment like this,” Alfagueh said.

On January 29, the Palestinian Red Crescent Society, the local branch of the International Red Cross, became aware of reports that a car was surrounded by Israeli forces near a gas station in Gaza City. Red Crescent aid workers called the contact number of someone believed to have been involved in the violence, and a teenage girl answered the call. Unfortunately, during the conversation, gunshots and screams were heard, causing her to lose contact, as the charity’s central operations officer Omar Qam explained in an online video.

“I found myself in a situation where she was begging for help and there was nothing I could do,” he said.

Although the older girl was missing, phone lines remained open and Hind, 6, continued to plead for help. A Red Crescent psychological support worker stayed with her until her exact location was identified and an ambulance team was dispatched.

The Palestinian Red Crescent said it had lost contact with the ambulance team and Hind.

“Where is Hind? Where are Yousef and Ahmed? Are they alive? We want to know their fate. The fate of colleagues Youssef Zeino and Ahmed Al-Madhoon of the PRCS EMS team who went to rescue 6-year-old Hind within 8 days Still no one knows,” the Red Crescent said in a social media post on Tuesday, along with photos of its staff and Hind.

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On Saturday, the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates (PMOFA) said the Israeli government was “fully and directly responsible” for Hinde’s life and the lives of Zino and Almadhorn, the two paramedics who went to rescue her. CNN the report said.

“Their fate remains unknown,” the foreign ministry said.