"The voice of Hind Rajab does not need our defence. This film is not an opinion or a fantasy. It is anchored in truth. Hind's story carries the weight of an entire people, it is not hers alone. Her voice is one among 19,000 children who lost their lives in Gaza in the last two years alone. It is the voice of every mother, father, doctor, teacher, artist, journalist, volunteer, paramedic, each with the right to live, to dream, to exist in dignity,"
"The film reconstructs the final, frantic phone call of Hind Rajab, who in January 2024 was trapped in the wreckage of a car in northern Gaza, surrounded by the bodies of her uncles and four young cousins. Hiding beneath a seat and the only one still alive, Hind managed to contact the Palestinian Red Crescent by phone. However, the child and the medics looking for her were killed by Israeli forces. The Israeli military has not announced a formal investigation into the case."
A film premiered at the Venice film festival and received a 23-minute standing ovation while leaving many viewers and journalists sobbing. The film reconstructs the final frantic phone call of five-year-old Hind Rajab, who in January 2024 was trapped in the wreckage of a car in northern Gaza, surrounded by the bodies of her uncles and four young cousins. Hiding beneath a seat and the only one still alive, Hind contacted the Palestinian Red Crescent by phone, but the child and the medics searching for her were killed by Israeli forces. The Israeli military has not announced a formal investigation. The film uses real phone recordings and dramatizes a Red Crescent team coordinating the rescue, framing Hind’s voice as representative of thousands of children killed in Gaza and of untold civilian stories.
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