The United Liberation Front for Palestine commemorates one year since the martyrdom of five-year-old Hind Rajab, who was killed by the brutal hands of the Zionist army. Just one year ago, Hind and members of her extended family were escaping israeli bombardment on their town, when they were cornered by an israeli merkava tank.

Zionist soldiers opened fire, spraying their vehicle with 355 bullets. Everyone in the car was killed, including her 15 year old cousin Layan Hamadeh, who had only just called the Red Crescent for help moments before.

For a number of excruciating hours, Red Crescent responders kept Hind on the phone as she held on to life, hoping for first responders to come rescue her. Eventually, and after permission from the IOF, they were dispatched. Immediately upon their arrival—Yusuf Al-Zeino and Ahmed Al-Madhoun were both martyred by an israeli tank shell. Hind succumbed to her wounds soon after.

We remember Hind today not only as a victim of the ongoing genocide in Gaza, but as a symbol of the future that has been taken from us. In Hind, we see the more than 20,000 Palestinian children whose lives were prematurely ended due to the violence perpetuated by both the Zionist settler colony and the US Empire’s direct actions. The blood of Hind and every Palestinian martyred in Palestine is on their hands.

Inna Lilah Wa Inna Elayhi Rajiuun.

Glory to our martyrs.

United Liberation Front for Palestine

Statement — January 29 2025

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