Body of Gaza girl, ambulance team trapped under Israeli fire found after 12 days

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Relatives have found the body of a 6-year-old Palestinian girl who had begged Gaza rescuers to send help after being trapped by Israeli military fire, along with the bodies of five of her family members and two ambulance workers who had gone to save her.  The Palestine Red Crescent Society (PRCS) accused Israel of deliberately targeting the ambulance it sent to rescue Hind Rajab after she had spent hours on the phone to dispatchers begging for help with the sound of shooting echoing around.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 "This was the moment 6-year-old Hind Rajab begged for rescue.

00:09 She was trapped by Israeli fire.

00:12 On Saturday, relatives found her body along with five of her family members, nine days

00:18 after her call for help.

00:20 They were still in a car in Gaza's Tel Al-Hawa suburb.

00:24 That's according to the official Palestinian Wafa News Agency.

00:28 The bodies of two ambulance workers, who had gone to save Hind, were also found.

00:33 The agency accused Israel of deliberately targeting the ambulance.

00:37 And a spokesperson said the ambulance team had told them occupation forces aimed a laser

00:42 beam at them.

00:43 "Three hours later, we were on the phone with Hind, and she was begging us to come

00:50 and take her.

00:51 Unfortunately, we couldn't go to the child directly because the area was under occupation.

00:57 We waited until the coordination process was completed and the green light was given.

01:02 The Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance teams went to the site after the coordination process

01:09 was completed with the Israeli side.

01:11 Unfortunately, the occupation deliberately targeted the Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance

01:17 teams despite the pre-coordination."

01:20 The plight of Hind underlined the impossible conditions for civilians in the face of Israel's

01:25 four-month assault on Gaza, with more than 28,000 people killed so far.

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