By Garsha Vazirian

The little girl from Gaza who became a global reckoning

Hind Rajab’s voice now echoes through every airport lounge and courtroom where Israeli war criminals once felt safe

TEHRAN — For three agonizing hours on January 29, 2024, a five-year-old girl named Hind Rajab was the only living soul in a car filled with the bodies of her family. Israeli tank fire had devastated their vehicle in Gaza City. Wounded and terrified, she stayed on the phone with emergency dispatchers and begged for rescue.