Tunisian filmmaker to direct film on martyrdom of Palestinian girl Hind Rajab
Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania is directing a new drama on the harrowing death of Hind Rajab, the six-year-old Palestinian girl killed in Gaza by the Israeli regime in 2024.
According to a Variety report published on Wednesday, the upcoming project is produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha, known for Four Daughters, along with Oscar-winning producers Odessa Rae and James Wilson.
Hind Rajab’s martyrdom exposed the Israeli regime’s brutality and became a powerful example of its heinous war crimes in Gaza. She was one of thousands of children killed in the conflict, but her story sparked particular international outrage.
In one notable protest, student demonstrators at Columbia University renamed occupied buildings in her honor.
Hind and her family were fleeing northern Gaza when their car came under Israeli fire, killing her uncle, aunt, and three cousins.
The little girl was left trapped in the vehicle for hours, speaking with the Palestinian Red Crescent Society by phone as she pleaded for help. The paramedics who attempted to reach her were also killed.
Their bodies, along with Hind’s, were discovered on February 10, after Israeli forces withdrew from the area.
Using satellite imagery and video analysis, investigative journalists from the Washington Post and Sky News concluded that Israeli tanks had targeted the vehicle with hundreds of rounds. Further analysis by Forensic Architecture also found that an Israeli tank struck the ambulance dispatched to rescue Hind.
The movie is being filmed discreetly in Tunisia.
