The Take: The story of Hind Rajab

Trapped alone in a car, surrounded by her dead family members – Hind Rajab’s final moments.

Palestinian girl Hind Rajab poses for a photograph, in this undated handout picture
Palestinian girl Hind Rajab poses for a photograph in this undated handout picture obtained by Reuters on February 10, 2024 [Palestine Red Crescent Society/Reuters]

Six-year-old Hind Rajab spent three hours on the phone with Palestinian emergency services, crying for help, stranded in a car under Israeli fire in Gaza. Her relatives were killed while trying to escape. Twelve days later, she was found dead. What happened after Hind’s phone line went dark?

In this episode: 

  • Nebal Farsakh (@FarsakhNebal) – media director at the Palestine Red Crescent Society
  • Rana Faqih – disaster preparedness and response coordinator for PRCS
  • Hisham Mhanna (@MhannaHesham) – spokesperson in Gaza for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC)

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Amy Walters, Fahrinisa Campana and Sarí el-Khalili with our host Malika Bilal. Miranda Lin fact-checked this episode.

Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik and Adam Abou-Gad is our engagement producer.

Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.

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Source: Al Jazeera

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