The mother of a five-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed after Israeli forces fired on her family’s car in Gaza City wants an independent inquiry into her death, saying an Israeli military investigation announced this week was insufficient.
Wesam Hamada said her daughter Hind Rajab’s final pleas still haunted her.
“All I remember is her voice pleading, ‘Mama, I’m scared. Mama, I’m hungry. Mama, I’m hurt,’” she said. “Her voice keeps repeating in my ears.”
The widely publicized recording of Hind’s January 2024 phone call with her mother and emergency dispatchers made her one of the Israel-Hamas war’s most prominent casualties.
Another of Hind’s uncles, Sameeh Hamadeh, said the car was peppered with bullet holes.
