The Palestine Red Crescent Society has published a video showing the total wreckage of the ambulance that was sent to rescue six-year-old Hind Rajab 12 days ago.

Hind’s body was found today, dead in the car she was in with her family who were killed by Israeli tank fire on January 30.

The two medics who were dispatched, Yusuf Zeino and Ahmed al-Madhoun, were also killed.

• “Hind tragically lost her life alone after pleading with our teams for hours in a terrified and desperate voice,
• ‘Come take me’,” the PRCS said. “Rest in peace, Hind, and to the heroes of humanitarian work, Yusuf and Ahmed.”

In this video, horrifying scenes show the deliberate targeting by the Israeli occupation of the PRCS ambulance, resulting in the killing of our colleagues Yusuf Al-Zeino and Ahmed Al-Madhoun, who were just meters away from the child Hind. Hind tragically lost her life alone after… pic.twitter.com/PJiI6vtBei

— PRCS (@PalestineRCS) February 10, 2024

Source: Al Jazeera

• “I’m so scared, please come. Please call someone to come and take me,” she was heard crying desperately in the call that PRCS said lasted three hours in an effort to calm the frightened child.

The Israeli army had earlier said it was not aware of the incident.

The PRCS had started a count of the number of hours since it lost contact with Hind and the crew in trying to attract attention to the plight of Palestinian healthcare workers, who persist under constant attacks by the Israeli army.

In an interview with Al Jazeera Arabic shortly after the family was targeted, Hind’s mother said she had managed to speak to her and an older cousin, 15-year-old Layan Hamadeh, who was with Hind in the car.

• “They are shooting at us. The tank is next to us,” Layan said in a recording released at the time.

Then a barrage of shooting was heard, followed by screams, before the line cut out.

The plight of Hind, revealed in the harrowing audio clips, underlined the impossible conditions for civilians in the face of Israel’s four-month assault on Gaza, which many governments have termed a “genocide”.

• Israel’s military has killed nearly 28,000 people – mostly women and children – since October 7 when Hamas fighters attacked Israel, killing more than 1,100 people and taking 253 captives, according to Israeli tallies.

Source: Al Jazeera