Israeli Army Wonders What Makes Hind Rajab So Special After Thousands Like Her

The Israeli army, currently actively engaged in an ongoing genocide, has admitted it remains “completely baffled” by the infamy around Hind Rajab’s killing.

“Honestly, we create at least a dozen Hind Rajabs daily,” said IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Effie Defrin at a press conference. “Why’s this one getting the red carpet treatment?”

Defrin’s comments followed the release of The Voice of Hind Rajab at the Toronto International Film Festival. Rajab was a five-year old killed in January 2024 by the Israeli army, the final victim of a massacre that targeted her aunt, uncle, and cousins, and then the ambulance sent to retrieve them. Despite claims of an “accident”, footage retrieved months later from the bodies contradicted the IDF’s version of events.

“We’ve invested enormous resources into ensuring repeatable, high-quality devastation,” Defrin added. “You’d think journalists, filmmakers, and festival programmers would appreciate the sheer volume of our work. But no—it’s always Hind, Hind, Hind.”

According to insiders, the army had even considered launching its own PR campaign highlighting “lesser-known casualties” in order to avoid “narrative market saturation.” A list of 120 Palestinian children, produced at random, included: Amr Al-Attar, Kinda Wahdan, Hadeel Matar, Amir Shehadeh, Jana Hamad, Yousef Al-Banna, Lama Abu Suyam, Malak Khalil, Ahmad Barakat, Yara Abu Ramadan, Jude Abdel Karim, Mohammad Nasr Al-Deen, Dana Hamdan, Lynn Al-Za’anin, Ammar Abu Odeh, Aseel Hammouda, Israa Al-Jamal, Sara Al-Najjar, Bayan Adnan, Saif Abu Dawood, Yaseen Qarmout, Mariam Abu Tayr, Malak Al-Sha’er, Ahed Kallab, Qusay Al-Sha’er, Razan Al-Tater, Tayba Abu Ubaid, Yousef Ashqar, Mohammad Sikeik, Shahd Shuheiber, Mahmoud Shuheiber, Ward Shuheiber, Hiba Abu Qafa, Razan Abu Qafa, Rahaf Ghbin, Waad Baraka, Malak Baraka, Majd Arafat, Yara Arafat, Israa Arafat, Abdel Rahman Arafat, Mo’men Arafat, Dalia Arafat, Nour Arafat, Reem Arafat, Mona Arafat, Sama Arafat, Nouran Arafat, Shaimaa Arafat, Abd al-Jawad Mizar Jamal Hoso, Abdel Khaleq Fadi Khaled Al Baba, Abdel Rahim Ahmed Abdel Rahim Awad, Abdel Rahman Ahmed Essam Salah, Abdel Rahman Samir Salama Saad, Younis Wissam Abdullah Afaneh, Youssef Ahmed Jamal Musa, Youssef Haitham Youssef Abu Mahdi, Zaid Khaled Juma Al-Bahbahani, Zein al-Din Suleiman Moin al-Najjar, Zein Amer Ibrahim Al-Jarousha, Zeina Ahmed Mohamed Shatat, Abdel Rahman Iyad Abdel Rahman Abu Jalal, Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Yahya Al Balawi, Abdullah Ibrahim Khaled Al-Dali, Abdullah Khalil Abdullah Abu Hayya, Abeer Ibrahim Khalil Meema, Adam Bakr Nasr Al-Sarhi, Adam Ezzat Muhammad Warsh Agha, Alaa Adnan Helmi Al-Nounou, Alaa Mahmoud Muhammad Abu Shaar, Ahmad Osama Muhammad Abd Rabbo, Ahmad Juma Abdullah Al-Tarablusi, Ahmad Hosni Saud Al-Hallaq, Ahmad Abdullah Dawood Al-Salout, Ahmad Abdullah Yousef Jendeya, Ahmad Muhammad Asaad Al-Bardawil, Ahmad Muhammad Jamal Abu Sharkh, Ahmad Muhammad Yousef Al-Najjar, Ahmad Yahya Mahmoud Al-Farra, Islam Adel Muhammad Al-Ramlawi, Ikram Hossam Muhammad Sheikh Khalil, Anas Said Fathi Abu Daf, Anas Mahmoud Omar Shettiya, Anas Yaqub Ahmad Al-Bardawil, Anwar Atiya Mahmoud Al-Juaidi, Arwa Jabr Muhammad Abu Husseira, Israa Faiz Abdel Rahman Al-Najjar, Islam Suleiman Muhammad Abu Amer, Asmaa Muhammad Abdullah Al-Ashi, Aya Juma Muhammad Abu Jazar, Aya Marwan Naeem Abu Jalalah, Aya Nasser Ahmed Al-Najjar, Batool Abdullah Kamal Al-Batsh, Bayan Bassam Abdel Karim Al-Nabahin, Bayan Adnan Farouk Abu Shaaban, Talia Alaa Faiz Al-Baz, Taqa Muhammad Ali Shuheiber, Jude Abdel Karim Muhammad Abu Armanah, Jude Abdel Rahman Helmi Abu Al-Naja, Janeen Jamal Tawfiq Al-Sakafi, Hanin Muhammad Zakaria Zaqout, Khadija Khaled Ali Al-Habbash, Doaa Fawzi Kamal Al-Batsh, Dina Adnan Younis Al-Taweel, Dima Ismail Abdel Rahman Al-Shorbagy, Roa Asim Abdel Rahman Faraj, Reem Sameeh Muhammad Al-Madhoun, Rana Nabil Muhammad Abu Shamala, Rodaina Naeem Muhammad Abu Jalalah, Rowan Bahaa El-Din Yasser Al-Najjar, Rowan Jamal Abdel Rahman Baraka, Rowan Talaat Abdullah Abu Shaaban, Rowan Muhammad Awadallah Al-Najjar, Rowan Mahmoud Muhammad Al-Denf, Rahaf Muhammad Mahmoud Al-Najjar, Zahra Ahmed Khalil Al-Helou, Sama Amir Muhammad Al-Bheisi, Siwar Adel Ibrahim Al-Nabahin, and Sundus Muhammad Sobhi Al-Salout.

Back at TIFF, attendees described the film as both heartbreaking and galvanising, sparking renewed conversations about accountability. IDF officials, meanwhile, remained baffled at the notion that human stories could break through statistics.

“You’d think a few dozen thousand murdered children would desensitise people,” said Defrin. “It’s really very surprising.”