IDF launching criminal investigations into 2 attacks on Palestinians
The Israel Defense Forces said Wednesday that it will launch criminal investigations into two attacks on Palestinians during the war in Gaza.
One of the attacks resulted in the killings of a 5-year-old girl, Hind Rajab, and her family in 2024.
The second investigation involves an attack that led to the killing of 15 Palestinian paramedics in 2025.
The IDF said in a statement that it "examines exceptional incidents that occurred during combat" as a part of its "obligations under international law and Israeli domestic law."
Since the Israel-Gaza war began in October 2023, the IDF says the Fact-Finding and Assessment Mechanism has completed reviews of about 150 incidents and transferred them to the Military Prosecution for examination. The Military Prosecution has made decisions in five incidents.
The death of 5-year-old Hind went viral due to her phone call with a Palestinian Red Crescent Society dispatcher while her family came under fire as they tried to evacuate Gaza City in January 2024.
"They are dead," Hind told the dispatcher at one point.
As the PRCS sent an ambulance to rescue her, Hind and the dispatcher read the Quran together and played games to try to distract her from the devastation.
The ambulance never arrived and Hind and everyone in her group were found dead.
