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  • Activists unfurl huge image of killed Palestinian girl in Barcelona

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    Activists have unfurled a huge image of the killed Palestinian girl Hind Rajab on the beach in the Spanish city of Barcelona on the second anniversary of her death in the Gaza Strip.

    The then 5-year-old girl was believed to have been killed during an Israeli army operation. However, the Israeli army has not yet confirmed this and has stated that the incident is under investigation.

    Audio recordings, described as authentic, of a phone call between the already injured Hind and volunteers from the Palestinian Red Crescent, in which she repeatedly pleaded for help, caused worldwide shock.

    Several hundred people participated in the Avaaz campaign on Thursday under the motto “Free the Children of Gaza,” including the little girl’s mother, Wissam Hamada.

    “I am here to carry on the voice of Hind Rajab – and the voice of the children of Gaza, who cannot scream, who are not heard,” she said, according to Avaaz. The children of Gaza, she added, are not asking for pity but are demanding their right to live.

    Girl initially survived severely injured

    The war was triggered by the massacre carried out by the Palestinian militant organization Hamas and other extremist groups from the Gaza Strip on October 7, 2023, in Israel, which resulted in around 1,200 deaths and more than 250 people being abducted to the coastal strip.

    Hind died after the car in which she was fleeing with relatives from Israeli attacks was shot at; she initially survived severely injured and was heard in the audio recordings of an emergency call, pleading for help for hours before she died.

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  • Palestinians: Injuries following incidents in the Gaza Strip

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    Despite the current ceasefire, several people have been injured, some seriously, following incidents in the southern part of the Gaza Strip, Palestinian sources reported on Saturday.

    Four people were injured in an Israeli airstrike on a vehicle in Nuseirat in the centre of the Gaza Strip on Saturday evening, according to medical sources in the coastal area.

    The Israeli army confirmed an attack in the city. This was reportedly aimed at members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization (PIJ). They had allegedly been planning an attack on Israeli soldiers.

    Earlier, one person was seriously injured by Israeli shelling north-west of the southern city of Rafah, sources at the nearby Nasser Hospital reported.

    The area is under Israeli military control. When asked, the Israeli army said it was investigating the report.

    The Palestinian Red Crescent said two people were also injured in an Israeli air strike on a vehicle in the town of Bani Suhailam near Khan Younis. An Israeli military spokesman said he was aware of the report but could not confirm such an incident in the area.

    The Hamas-controlled health authority said 93 Palestinians have been killed since the ceasefire came into effect on October 10. Many of the deaths occurred about a week ago.

    The Israeli army confirmed that two soldiers were killed in attacks in the south of the Gaza Strip last Sunday. Israel then carried out the heaviest air strikes since the start of the ceasefire. According to hospital reports, 44 Palestinians were killed.

    Since then, the situation has calmed down considerably. However, there are still isolated incidents.

    The Israeli army said it has fired on individuals who entered and approached soldiers beyond the so-called yellow line. The Israeli military has withdrawn to behind this line as part of the ceasefire agreement and controls the territory there.

    The information provided by both sides cannot currently be independently verified.

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