Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian paramedics
Summary
Israel's military has started criminal investigations into the deaths of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and 15 Palestinian paramedics during the Gaza war. The military reviewed 150 troop conduct incidents and decided to investigate five cases, but has not opened probes into other attacks that killed aid workers.Key Facts
- The military admitted to firing on the car carrying Hind Rajab and her family as they fled Gaza City, killing them.
- Paramedics were killed after Israeli troops fired on ambulances trying to reach and rescue casualties.
- The 15 paramedics were killed in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, and their bodies were buried in a mass grave by bulldozers.
- The military directed a deputy commander involved in the paramedic shootings to step down.
- Independent experts say the killing of Hind Rajab might be a war crime.
- Rights groups have filed war crimes complaints with the International Criminal Court over Rajab’s killing and others.
- Rajab’s grandmother called for an international investigation to hold those responsible accountable.
- The military’s statement does not cover some other major killings, such as the hospital strike that killed journalists in Gaza.
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