Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian paramedics
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's military on Wednesday confirmed its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics.
JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel's military on Wednesday confirmed its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics.
Key points
- The military remarked it would not probe three other attacks that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders.
- Chef José Andrés, founder of U.S.-based World Central Kitchen, condemned the decision on X as "wrong and painful."
- The investigations involve killings that drew a heavy international outcry.
What happened
Notably, the military remarked it would not probe three other attacks that killed aid workers from World Central Kitchen and Doctors Without Borders. It remarked it had completed reviews of 150 incidents of troop conduct in Gaza and produced decisions on the five cases.
Meanwhile, the investigations involve killings that drew a heavy international outcry. Hind was trapped in a vehicle with her slain relatives, pleading for support by phone before she too was killed in February 2024. After the shooting of the 15 medics in March 2025, troops then bulldozed their bodies into a mass grave.
The bottom line
Taken together, the developments around israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of Hind Rajab and Palestinian point to a situation that is still moving, and the coming days should bring more clarity.
