Highlights: Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl, and several other members of her family were found dead last week in Gaza City. Surrounded in their car by Israeli forces, they contacted the Palestinian Red Crescent to ask for help. The call for help from the little girl and her cousin is recorded on the switchboard. The recording lasts just a few seconds, says our correspondent in Jerusalem, Sami Boukhelifa. He is terrible. On the camera, Layan Hamada, the cousin, is simply terrified. “ They are shooting at us,” she said.

Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl, and several other members of her family were found dead last week in Gaza City. Surrounded in their car by Israeli forces,…

War in Gaza: global emotion after the “heartbreaking” death of a little girl and her family in the fighting

Hind Rajab, a six-year-old girl, and several other members of her family were found dead last week in Gaza City. Surrounded in their car by Israeli forces, they contacted the Palestinian Red Crescent to ask for help. The call for help from the little girl and her cousin is recorded on the switchboard. It has since been widely distributed on social networks, and has caused a lot of excitement.

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The recording lasts just a few seconds, says our correspondent in Jerusalem,

Sami Boukhelifa

. He is terrible. On the camera, Layan Hamada, the cousin, a young fifteen-year-old from Gaza. She is simply terrified. “

They are shooting at us

,” she said. “

The tank is right next door

.” His last words were: “We are hiding in our car.” Then there are shots. Finally, the silence imposes itself, chilling.

And then, a thin voice appears. Six-year-old Hind Rajab begs: "

I'm so scared, please come and get me

." The operator tries to reassure her: “

We will send someone to you

,” she promises. Difficult mission. The Palestinian Red Crescent must first obtain the green light from the Israeli army before going to the area in question.

Vehicle pulverized

The Palestinian rescue service claims

to have “negotiated secure access with Israeli forces

”. And, three hours after receiving the call, an ambulance was dispatched to the scene. On board, two emergency doctors. After the withdrawal of the Israeli army from the area, the bodies of the two rescuers were found in their pulverized vehicle, a few meters from the car which transported the two young girls and their family.

Matthew Miller, the spokesperson for American diplomacy, indicated that Washington asked Israel to “

urgently

” investigate the “

heartbreaking ” death of the little girl, found dead on Saturday, February 10, in

Gaza

City

after having called for help for hours. According to her family and Hamas, she was killed by the Israeli army during the

fighting

in Gaza, writes AFP.

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War in Gaza: global emotion after the “heartbreaking” death of a little girl and her family in the fighting

War in Gaza: global emotion after the “heartbreaking” death of a little girl and her family in the fighting

Vehicle pulverized

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