Mother of Palestinian girl who died while calling for help on the phone: "I can't watch the film made about her, it's very painful. But I hope it helps the world understand what is happening to our children."
She lives trapped in the rubble, with no escape route, in an open-air prison. The mother of Hind Rajab, the six-year-old Palestinian girl who was trapped in a car that was hit by bullets and died after pleading for help on the phone, recounts today her life marked by grief and loneliness. “I was unable to save her,” she says, “and that will always remain my greatest pain.”
The woman relives that phone call every day: Hind crying, begging to be saved, and she, helpless, apologizing. "Those words follow me everywhere. They are not forgotten."
In the months since, the girl's story has become a symbol of the massacre of civilians in Gaza. A film has brought her story to the screen, but the mother admits she cannot watch it: "Every image is a wound that reopens. But I hope others see it, so that they understand. My daughter's voice can awaken consciences more than any speech."
She speaks bitterly about her situation: "My husband has disappeared, I don't know where he is. I can't leave Gaza, I can't seek help. I'm a prisoner."
However, from her pain arises a call to the world: "Do not let Hinda be forgotten. She is not just my daughter: she represents all the children who are killed here every day. Her voice must wake up the world, it must scream that this massacre cannot continue."
Her words are a mix of despair and resilience. A mother who has lost everything, but who wants to turn her personal tragedy into a universal message: not to allow Hindi's death to remain meaningless.
