Justice for Hind Rajab: On the Second Anniversary of Her Killing, The Fight Is Real. The Cases Are Active

On the second anniversary of the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab, we mark not only a moment of remembrance, but a moment of accountability. We know who killed her. Their names, ranks, units, and chains of command have been identified, and their anonymity has been stripped away. The Hind Rajab Foundation is actively moving on these perpetrators through concrete legal cases in real jurisdictions.

January 29 marks the second anniversary of the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab— the child whose name drives our mission, and whose life remains the moral center and guiding light of The Hind Rajab Foundation.

Hind’s Story

On January 29, 2024, Hind was killed while trying to flee to safety after the car she was traveling in with her relatives was fired on by an Israeli tank. Everyone in the vehicle was killed except Hind and her 15-year-old cousin, Layan, who called the Palestinian Red Crescent begging for help.

Layan was killed shortly after, leaving Hind alone on the line.

Two medics—Youssef Zeino and Ahmed al-Madhoun—dispatched in a clearly marked Palestinian Red Crescent ambulance to rescue her were also targeted by Israeli tank fire as they approached. Despite coordinating their route with Israeli forces and maintaining direct contact during the mission, their ambulance was struck, killing both medics instantly. The destroyed vehicle was later found near the site where Hind’s car had been attacked.

The recording of Hind’s pleas and the 335 bullets that silenced her shook the world.

The horror of outliving your child is that of Hind’s mother, Wessam, who is relentless in her mission to ensure her daughter’s life was not lost in vain.

Hind’s fate and her mother’s is shared by all too many mothers, fathers, and children across the Gaza Strip and everywhere else under Israel’s deeply-capitalized, ubiquitous crosshairs. 

The Pursuit of Justice 

Many — including Israeli leaders and the thousands of soldiers and officers under their command — act as if justice will never catch up with the crimes Israel commits. Many believe the relentless assault on the universal values enshrined in international law will continue without consequence.

Perhaps even some of our supporters fear that in a world where international law has seemingly collapsed, only might is right. Power rules, and impunity reigns.

The legal response to the genocide in Gaza is slow. It is painstaking. That is not surrender.

We build files. We compile forensics. We gather testimony. We track perpetrators. We prepare arrests, extraditions, and charges.

The pathway from filing a case to conviction is arduous. 

This does not mean justice will never be served. It means justice is a process — and we, the lawyers, advocates, and war-criminal hunters, will not be deterred.

To the outside world, this work can seem invisible. But we are not only working. We are expanding, coordinating, sharpening our methods, breaking through the barriers designed to stop us, and turning the system’s rules into tools of accountability.

Justice for Hind: Real Cases. Real Courts. Real Consequences.

We have no doubt our efforts will end with justice for Hind.

The Hind Rajab Foundation has already identified the 24 perpetrators involved in the murder of Hind, her relatives, and the medics who tried to save her.

Impunity thrives in anonymity. We strip that away.

We know their names, ranks, units, and locations, including the heads of the snake:

• Beni Aharon: Sr. Commanding Officer of the 401st Armored Brigade operating in Gaza City during the attack.

• Daniel Ella: Lt. Colonel and battalion-level commander of the 52nd Battalion, directly under the 401st Brigade at the time of the murders.

• Sean Glass: Commander of the “Vampire Empire” Company, 52nd Battalion, 401st Armored Brigade, responsible for the unit that committed the murders.
  
  

We have identified 21 additional IDF soldiers and tank crew members from the same unit and we are filing cases against every single one of them.

All these cases are currently active. Accountability is not optional.

We are closing in on each of them. Case by case.

The Mission

Today is not only remembrance and grief. It is justice and accountability. We are building cases that will reach the courts, and that cannot be denied forever.

When that day comes, the Hind Rajab Foundation will stand beside Wessam in a courtroom to see her daughter’s killers face justice. Wherever that court is, in whatever country it takes, at whatever cost.

Hind is one of the over 20,000 children killed in Gaza. At least 42,000 children have been injured, with over 17,000 children having lost both parents and over 22,000 children having lost one parent.*

This is not a conflict.
This is not a war.
This is genocide.

Justice for Hind—and for every victim of genocide—is not a slogan.

It is our mission.

* statistics retrieved from UNICEF, Save the Children, official Palestinian agencies, and humanitarian reporting. (as of January 2026)