Another Take: The story of Hind Rajab
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 28 December 2024
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
Every Saturday, we revisit a story from the archives. This originally aired on Feb. 16, 2024. None of the dates, titles, or other references from that time have been changed.
Six-year-old Hind Rajab spent three hours on the phone with Palestinian emergency services, crying for help, stranded in a car under Israeli fire in Gaza. Her relatives were killed while trying to escape. 12 days later, she was found dead. What happened after Hind’s phone line went dark?
In this episode:
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Nebal Farsakh (@FarsakhNebal), Director of Media at the Palestine Red Crescent Society
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Rana Faqih, Dispatcher for the Palestine Red Crescent Society
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Hisham Mhanna (@MhannaHesham), ICRC Spokesperson in Gaza
Episode credits:
This episode was updated by Noor Wazwaz. The original production team was Amy Walters, Fahrinisa Campana, Sarí el-Khalili, Miranda Lin, and our host, Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our video editor is Hisham Abu Salah. Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera’s head of audio.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hi, I'm Nour Waswas and I'm a story editor with the take. |
| 0:13.0 | And this is another take, where we resurface stories from the archives. |
| 0:19.0 | This year has been marked by countless tragedies in Gaza. |
| 0:23.8 | But one story that many of us can't forget is that of six-year-old Hind Rajab. |
| 0:29.5 | Hind spent three hours on the phone with Palestinian emergency services crying for help |
| 0:34.8 | as she sat alone in a car under Israeli fire. Her family had been killed as they |
| 0:40.3 | tried to flee. Twelve days later, her lifeless body was found. What happened after Hinn's phone |
| 0:47.6 | line went silent? And what would it have taken to save her life? Today, we're revisiting her story |
| 0:55.5 | because the heartbreak and the questions it raises haven't gone away. |
| 1:00.5 | We first told this story on February 16, 2024. |
| 1:04.7 | All dates and references are from that time. |
| 1:06.9 | Thank you. time. |
| 1:26.8 | Today, the story behind a call for help in Gaza. |
| 1:37.7 | After seeing thousands of children killed in Israel's war on Gaza, |
| 1:42.5 | why is the voice of Hind Rajab still ringing in many of our heads. Who is me? |
| 1:44.6 | Wow. |
| 1:50.3 | I'm Olega Bilal, and this is the take. |
| 2:00.4 | Before we start this episode, a heads up, that it contains content some listeners might find disturbing. |
| 2:05.0 | Every single day, the situation is just worsening and worsening. |
| 2:11.3 | Four months with no food, no access to water, no electricity, communication and blackouts. |
| 2:20.3 | We're talking about 10 times of communication and blackout in Gaza. |
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