Palestinian paramedics said Israel gave them safe passage to save a 6-year-old girl in Gaza. They were all killed.
Nick Kristof: “One of the most heartbreaking stories from Gaza was of 6-year-old Hind who was sole survivor when her vehicle was hit. Her rescuers were killed, and finally she died, too. Israel denied responsibility--but the @washingtonpost lays it out. Great reporting”
From the story
“6-year old Hind Rajab’s hands was the closest thing she had to a lifeline. Alone in the back seat of a car outside a Gaza City gas station, she was drifting in and out of consciousness, surrounded by bodies, as she told emergency dispatchers that Israeli tanks were rumbling closer.For three-and-a-half long hours on Jan. 29, the cellphone in 6-year old Hind Rajab’s hands was the closest thing she had to a lifeline. Alone in the back seat of a car outside a Gaza City gas station, she was drifting in and out of consciousness, surrounded by bodies, as she told emergency dispatchers that Israeli tanks were rumbling closer.
From the operations room of the Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS), roughly 50 miles away in the city of Ramallah, the team on duty had done their best to save the child. Paramedics were on their way, the dispatchers kept telling her: Hold on.
The paramedics were driving to their deaths.