Hind Rajab
Known For
Acting
Born
May 3, 2018
Died
January 29, 2024 (aged 5)
Birthplace
Gaza City, Palestine
Biography
Hind Rami Iyad Rajab (Arabic: هند رامي إياد رجب; 3 May 2018 – 29 January 2024) was a five-year-old Palestinian girl in the Gaza Strip who was killed by Israeli forces during the Gaza war, which also killed six of her family members and two paramedics coming to her rescue. In 2025, three films about Hind Rajab were released; the Dutch short film Close Your Eyes Hind by Syrian-Dutch filmmaker Amir Zaza premiered at the 2025 Netherlands Film Festival where it won the Golden Calf for Best Short Film, the Tunisian feature film The Voice of Hind Rajab by Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania follows the events from the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement volunteers' point-of-view, it had its world premiere in the main competition of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival where it won the festival's Grand Jury Prize. And the Jordanian short film Hind Under Siege by Jordanian-Palestinian filmmaker Naji Salameh, which premiered at the inaugural Gaza International Festival fo...
