Over two years of denial will likely now translate into a new form of impunity. Israel has announced it will be investigating the killing of five year old Hind Rajab, who was trapped in a car among her dead relatives as the Israeli military opened fire on the vehicle on 29 January 2024. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society was unable to rescue Hind, having been blocked by the military from reaching the site. 

The Israeli military said it “fired at a vehicle that was approaching them”. Hind’s family were trying to follow evacuation orders, as her family had been forcibly displaced that same day from Gaza city. 

Israel’s admission that its military killed Hind is no precursor to justice. Three cases have so far been dismissed: Israel’s attack on the World Central Kitchen’s vehicles in 2024 which killed seven humanitarian workers, a strike in 2024 on a building that was used by Doctors Without Borders (MSF), and the killings in 2023 of two MSF workers who were part of a five car convoy travelling from Gaza City to Khan........

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