GAZA, (The Palestine Foundation Pakistan)The Hind Rajab Foundation confirmed that it has submitted a formal request to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for the issuance of arrest warrants against 24 individuals involved in the killing of Hind Rajab and those who carried out the crime.
The foundation stated that it had submitted a 120-page file to the ICC in The Hague under Article 15, detailing the killing of the child Hind Rajab, six of her family members, and two medics who rushed to rescue her in the Tel al-Hawa neighborhood in southwestern Gaza City in early 2024.
The file names 24 Israeli soldiers and commanders as responsible for the killings.
The foundation also emphasized the need to expand the investigation to include the “Vampire Empire Unit,” the “52nd Armored Battalion,” and the “401st Armored Brigade.”
Hamas official Ali Baraka said that the investigation by Al Jazeera’s “What’s Hidden is Greater” program revealed documented information about the officers and soldiers involved in the killing of Hind Rajab and her family. He said the report “exposes the extent of the horrors committed by this fascist army against innocent civilians in Gaza.”
Baraka added that “the investigation clearly demonstrates the brutal crimes that were carried out under direct orders from Israeli leadership, as part of a systematic policy of genocide and ethnic cleansing against Palestinian civilians.”
He stressed that this horrific crime is a blatant example of the atrocities faced by Palestinian civilians during the aggression on Gaza. He urged countries and human rights organizations to take swift action to bring the perpetrators to justice and hold them accountable for their serious violations of international humanitarian law.
He also called on states whose nationals are among the implicated Israeli soldiers to assume their legal and moral responsibilities in arresting and prosecuting them. The Hamas official also urged human rights organizations and legal institutions to immediately file criminal lawsuits in international and national courts against these criminals.
Baraka called on both the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court to take serious and urgent steps to hold Israeli leaders accountable for the horrific crimes committed against the Palestinian people in Gaza.
This call to action came after Al Jazeera aired an investigative report Monday, revealing the names of Israeli military personnel involved in the killing of Palestinian child Hind Rajab.
Five-year-old Hind Rajab was killed by the Israeli army while sheltering in a car with six of her relatives in southwestern Gaza City on January 29, 2024.
The Israeli army also killed two medics who responded to her emergency call made via the Palestinian Red Crescent Society.
The investigation revealed that those involved include Brigadier General Beni Aharon, commander of the 401st Armored Brigade, and Lieutenant Colonel Daniel Ela, commander of the 52nd Battalion.
In May, the Hind Rajab Foundation had already filed a complaint against Beni Aharon with the ICC for war crimes and responsibility in Hind’s death.
The Hind Rajab Foundation, established in February 2024 and based in Brussels, actively pursues Israeli officials and military personnel through legal action across the world.
