The father of 6-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab — whose killing in an Israeli tank attack in January garnered global attention — has also been reported killed in Gaza, Al Jazeera reports.
US journalist Jeremy Scahill said in a post on X that he had learned of the death from Palestinian journalist and documentary maker Ashraf Mashharawi, who recently spoke with Hind’s mother. Hind’s mother found out her husband had been killed by text message, after the family was separated under Israel’s ongoing Gaza siege, Scahill said.
The Israeli tank attack which killed Hind also killed her three cousins, her aunt and uncle. Two Palestinian Red Crescent paramedics sent to rescue Hind were also killed, Scahill said.