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Israeli military admits for first time that its troops fired at car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and six relatives and at ambulance in Gaza in 2024

The Israeli military released the findings of its investigation on 19 August, admitting for the first time that its forces had opened fire in Gaza on 29 January 2024 on a car carrying five-year-old Hind Rajab and six relatives, as well as on a Palestine Red Crescent ambulance sent to rescue them after. The Israeli military had previously denied that any of its forces were nearby when the incident occurred, in which Hind Rajab, six relatives and two paramedics aboard the ambulance were killed. The Israeli military said on the same day that, after reviewing the findings of the investigation, it suspected there had been shortcomings in coordinating the movement of the Palestine Red Crescent ambulance and had decided to refer the incident to the Military Police Criminal Investigation Division for a criminal investigation. In addition, the Israeli military also released the findings of investigations into four other incidents in Gaza, including a decision to open a criminal investigation into an incident in March 2025 in which 15 Palestinians, including medical and humanitarian personnel, were killed.

Source: The Guardian (British); CNA (Taiwan)