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Hind Rajab, pictured, and the paramedics who tried to rescue her, have been found dead (Picture: Family Handout/AFP via Getty Ima Source)

A girl in Gaza who pleaded for help after becoming trapped in a car by Israeli fire has been found dead, along with the two paramedics who tried to rescue her.

Hind Rajab, six, spent three hours on the phone to rescue services after the five people she was in the vehicle with – all relatives – were killed by the Israeli army and she was unable to escape.

In audio footage, shared online, the terrified youngster can be heard begging dispatchers to help as the sound of shooting echoes around her.

An ambulance with two paramedics was sent to rescue her but never returned, while the dispatchers eventually lost contact with Hind.

Today, twelve days after the call, relatives of Hind’s found her body along with those of her uncle and aunt and three children, all still in the car, near the Tel al-Hawa suburb of Gaza City, the official Palestinian Wafa news agency reported.

The bodies of the two paramedics, Youssef Zeino and Ahmed Al-Madhoon, were also found in a Palestine Red Crescent Society ambulance (PRCS).

‘The occupation deliberately targeted the Red Crescent crew despite prior coordination to allow the ambulance to arrive at the site to rescue Hind,’ PRCS said in a statement.

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The PCRS released a photo of the ambulance, seen almost completely burned out.

Al Jazeera footage of the scene appeared to show the ambulance only steps away from the car they said the family was in, a damaged black Kia Picanto riddled with bullet holes.

The call to dispatchers was first made by Hind’s teenage cousin Layan Hamadeh, who said an Israeli tank was approaching before shots rang out and she screamed.

GAZA CITY, GAZA - FEBRUARY 10: A general view of the damaged car in which 6-year-old Hind Rajab and five members of her family died, whom Israeli forces targeted 12 days ago in Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on February 10, 2024. After the Israeli forces withdrew from the region, it was seen that an ambulance going to the region to help the Rajab family, who was shot in the Israeli attack, was also targeted by the Israeli forces. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said six-year-old girl Hind Rajab, who was trapped in her family car after it came under Israeli army in Gaza City, was found dead after nearly two weeks of uncertainty. The non-profit in a statement late Friday said the bodies of the child, and two of its paramedics, Youssef Zeino and Ahmed Al-Madhoon, who went out on a mission to rescue the little girl on Jan. 29 had been found. (Photo by Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The car that Hind and her family were in when they were in (Picture: Anadolu via Getty Images)

GAZA CITY, GAZA - FEBRUARY 10: A view of the heavy damaged ambulance going to aid Rajab family, which was targeted by Israeli forces and became unusable, Tel al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, Gaza on February 10, 2024. After the Israeli forces withdrew from the region, it was seen that an ambulance going to the region to help the 6-year-old Hind Rajab and five members of her family, who was shot in the Israeli attack, was also targeted by the Israeli forces. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) said six-year-old girl Hind Rajab, who was trapped in her family car after it came under Israeli army in Gaza City, was found dead after nearly two weeks of uncertainty. The non-profit in a statement late Friday said the bodies of the child, and two of its paramedics, Youssef Zeino and Ahmed Al-Madhoon, who went out on a mission to rescue the little girl on Jan. 29 had been found. (Photo by Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The ambulance sent to rescue Hind. Both paramedics who were in the vehicle have been found dead(Picture: Anadolu via Getty Images)

Believed to be the only survivor, Hind stayed on the line with dispatchers, who tried to calm her as they prepared to send an ambulance.

‘Come and get me,’ Hind is heard crying desperately in one recording. ‘I’m so scared, please come.’

The PCRS said that after coordinating with the Israeli military through mediators and receiving a green light, it determined it was safe enough to send an ambulance with the two crew.

‘In our last communication with the team, they said the occupation forces aimed a laser beam at them. We heard gunshots and then an explosion,’ said PCRS spokesperson in Ramallah, Nebal Farsakh.

Hind spent three hours on the phone to dispatchers begging to be rescued(Picture: Family Handout/AFP via Getty Ima Source)

Hind spent three hours on the phone to dispatchers begging to be rescued(Picture: Family Handout/AFP via Getty Ima Source)

The young girl had been the only person alive in the car after five of her family members were killed(Picture: Family Handout/AFP via Getty Ima Source)

The young girl had been the only person alive in the car after five of her family members were killed(Picture: Family Handout/AFP via Getty Ima Source)



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Israel’s military did not immediately respond to a Reuters news agency’s request for comment on the Red Crescent statement.

The plight of Hind underlines the impossible conditions for civilians in the face of Israel’s four-month assault on Gaza.

Israeli military has said it takes steps to avoid civilian casualties, but 28,000 Palestinians have died so far, with more than 12,000 of those children, according to Gaza health authorities.

Today airstrikes killed at least 44 Palestinians in the southern Gaza city of Rafah. It came hours after Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he had asked the military to evacuate hundreds of thousands of people there ahead of a ground invasion.

Palestinians search for survivors after an Israeli airstrike on a residential building In Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

Palestinians search for survivors after an Israeli airstrike on a residential building In Rafah today (Picture: AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

A Palestinian woman wounded in the Israeli bombardment is checked by a doctor in a hospital In Rafah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

A Palestinian woman wounded in the Israeli bombardment is checked by a doctor in a hospital In Rafah today (Picture: AP Photo/Hatem Ali)

More than half of Gaza’s 2.3 million people are packed into Rafah, with many arriving there after Israel ordered them to evacuate to northern areas.

Israel has faced widespread international criticism over Gaza’s casualty toll, with millions taking to the streets to protest and the UN and several other high profile organisations condemning its approach.

Many politicians around the world, however, have failed to take a strong stance against Israel’s actions and the Israeli military still receives financial backing from the US.

The war began on Oct. 7 when Hamas fighters attacked Israel, killing 1,200 people and seizing 253 hostages according to Israeli tallies.

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