Pakistan, Aug. 20 -- The Israeli military has acknowledged that its troops fired on a vehicle carrying five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Gaza in January 2024. The military said Wednesday that it had ordered a criminal investigation into the incident, which caused international outrage. It had previously denied that Israeli troops were present near the location.

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Hind was trapped inside her family's car after it came under fire while they were trying to flee Gaza City. She made a desperate emergency call to the Palestinian Red Crescent on January 29, 2024. Her body was later found inside the bullet-riddled vehicle alongside six relatives. Two Red Crescent ...