\n The death of Hind Rajab, a Palestinian girl whose final appeals for help moved public opinion worldwide, may constitute a war crime, UN experts said on Friday.\n<\/p>\n
\n \"The killing of five-year old Hind Rajab, her family and two paramedics may amount to a war crime,\" the experts said in a press statement.\n<\/p>\n
\n Israeli claims its troops were not in the area at the time were \"unacceptable\", they added.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Israeli embassy in Geneva said in a statement that its own army was investigating.\n<\/p>\n
\n The UN experts said \"the absence of proper investigation and accountability\" five months after the facts \"is deeply troubling and may in itself amount to a violation of the right to life\".\n<\/p>\n
\n They also referred to \"compelling evidence\" on where the family's car was in relation to an Israeli tank \"and how it was shot at from very close range using a type of weapon that can only be attributed to the Israeli forces\".\n<\/p>\n
\n \"Audio recordings of calls between Hind and emergency services suggest that she was the only survivor in the car before she was also killed,\" the experts added.\n<\/p>\n
\n The UN experts, while mandated by the Human Rights Council, do not speak in its name.\n<\/p>\n
\n The Gaza war was triggered by the October 7 attack by Palestinian Hamas militants on southern Israel which resulted in the deaths of 1,195 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally based on Israeli figures.\n<\/p>\n
\n Israel's military retaliation to wipe out Hamas has killed at least 38,848 people, also mostly civilians, according to data from the health ministry in Hamas-ruled Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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