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JERUSALEM (AP) \u2014 The mother of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl<\/span> who was found dead days after Israeli forces fired on her family\u2019s car in Gaza City wants an independent inquiry into her death, saying an Israeli military investigation announced this week<\/span> is insufficient.<\/p>\n

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Wesam Hamada said her daughter Hind Rajab\u2019s final pleas still haunt her.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll I remember is her voice pleading, \u2018Mama, I\u2019m scared. Mama, I\u2019m hungry. Mama, I\u2019m hurt,\u2019\u201d she said. \u201cHer voice keeps repeating in my ears.\u201d<\/p>\n

The widely publicized recording of Hind\u2019s January 2024 phone call with her mother and emergency dispatchers made her one of the Israel-Hamas war\u2019s most prominent casualties.<\/p>\n

Israel\u2019s military this week admitted to firing at the family\u2019s car as it fled an Israeli invasion and firing toward an ambulance dispatched to help them. <\/p>\n

It said it would launch a criminal investigation into its troops\u2019 conduct. All six people in the car and two paramedics were killed. But both Rajab\u2019s family and emergency responders from the Palestinian Red Crescent Society doubt the Israeli investigation can deliver justice. <\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy did the investigation and the acknowledgment of the shooting at Hind\u2019s car and at the paramedics come only after more than two years?\u201d Hamada said in an interview with The Associated Press. \u201cIt\u2019s an attempt to distract from what\u2019s happening in Gaza and improve the (Israeli) army\u2019s image to the world. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

A call to paramedics heard around the world<\/h2>\n

The story of their deaths drew international outcry after the Palestinian Red Crescent Society released recordings<\/span> of Hind and her 15-year-old cousin Layan Hamada calling for help. It was further amplified by \u201cThe Voice of Hind Rajab,\u201d a film that excerpted the recordings and was nominated for an Oscar<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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On the recordings<\/span>, as audible gunfire erupts around them, Hamada asks for help and tells Red Crescent dispatchers that her family had been killed. Seconds later, more gunshots are heard, and Layan\u2019s screaming stops.<\/p>\n

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Ambulance dispatchers called back and found Hind on the other end of the line. She told them Layan was dead and Israeli tanks were advancing. The Red Crescent sent an ambulance and stayed in contact with Hind until the call dropped.<\/p>\n

Hind and five relatives were found dead in the family car 12 days later. The two medics sent to rescue her were also found dead nearby, their ambulance blackened and destroyed.<\/p>\n

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