Israeli military launches criminal probes into killings of 5-year-old and paramedics

Israel's military on Wednesday announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/7953x5302+0+0/resize/7953x5302!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F3f%2F15%2Ff41db4514e298ac4461aca8380b2%2Fap26231694076080.jpg' alt='Hind Rajab poses in Gaza City, Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2026, with a photo of her granddaughter, Hind Rajab, a 5-year-old Palestinian girl who was killed alongside her family in Gaza in February 2024.'/><p>Israel's military on Wednesday announced its first criminal investigations into troop conduct in Gaza, focusing on the killings of 5-year-old Hind Rajab and her family and of 15 Palestinian paramedics.</p><p>(Image credit: Jehad Alshrafi)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5939310' />