Rashida Tlaib demands arrest of Israeli soldier linked to Hind Rajab death

US lawmaker says that government must arrest Israeli commander allegedly responsible for attack while he is in the US.

Filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania holds a picture of Hind Rajab during a screening of the film The Voice of Hind Rajab, on September 3, 2025 [File: Yara Nardi/Reuters]

United States Representative Rashida Tlaib has called for her government to arrest the commander of an Israeli military unit believed to be responsible for the killing of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab in Gaza.

In a social media post on Monday, Tlaib pointed to reports that Israeli soldier Sean Glass was present in the US. She emphasised that the US had a legal responsibility to probe his involvement in Rajab’s death.

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“As a party to the Genocide Convention and the Geneva Conventions, our government is obligated to arrest and investigate him for these war crimes and acts of genocide,” she wrote.

As part of her post, Tlaib shared a report from the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), which tracks Israeli soldiers suspected of war crimes in Gaza.

The group said it has filed an emergency request for the US Department of Justice to arrest Glass.

“Sean Glass commanded the ‘Vampire Empire’ Company implicated in the killing of five-year-old Hind Rajab, members of her family, and the medics sent to rescue them. HRF’s investigation places him and his troops in the direct vicinity of Hind’s vehicle during the killing,” the group said in a statement.

“Today, Glass walks free in the United States. HRF demands that the US authorities arrest him and bring him to justice.”

The five-year-old’s killing on January 29, 2024, triggered global outrage and became a symbol of Israel’s targeting of Palestinian civilians and children during its genocidal war on Gaza.

Rajab and her family were attempting to leave Gaza City when their vehicle came under Israeli fire.

Her family was killed in the gunfire. Rajab called emergency services, appealing to rescuers, “I’m so scared. Please come!”

Recordings of her telephone call made international news. But both Rajab and the rescue team that tried to reach her were ultimately killed by Israeli forces.

The car Rajab was in was riddled with 335 bullet holes, which Israeli authorities initially blamed on a firefight with Palestinian fighters.

An investigation by the group Forensic Architecture found no evidence of an exchange of fire and concluded that only Israeli forces had been present in the area at the time of the incident.

Israel has opened a probe into the killings, but such investigations are seen by Palestinians as a means of dodging accountability and buying time until outrage over an incident dissipates.

Experts at the United Nations and other human rights watchdogs have declared Israel’s assault on Gaza to be a genocide. At least 74,000 Palestinians have been killed, including at least 21,000 children.

The US has continued to bolster Israel with diplomatic, military and economic assistance despite evidence of routine war crimes by Israeli forces in Gaza and elsewhere.

It has also denounced the International Criminal Court (ICC) for seeking the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant on charges of war crimes.

美国议员表示，政府必须逮捕涉嫌对袭击事件负责的以色列指挥官，即使他目前身在美国境内。

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美国众议员拉希达·特莱布呼吁美国政府逮捕一名以色列军事单位的指挥官，该指挥官被认为应对加沙五岁巴勒斯坦女孩欣德·拉贾布的死亡负责。

周一，特莱布在社交媒体上发文，指出有报道称以色列士兵肖恩·格拉斯身在美​​国。她强调，美国有法律责任调查格拉斯是否参与了拉贾卜之死。

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她写道：“作为《防止及惩治灭绝种族罪公约》和《日内瓦公约》的缔约国，我国政府有义务逮捕并调查他犯下的这些战争罪行和灭绝种族罪。”

在她的帖子中，特莱布分享了欣德·拉贾布基金会（HRF）的一份报告，该基金会追踪在加沙涉嫌犯有战争罪的以色列士兵。

该组织表示，已向美国司法部提交紧急请求，要求逮捕格拉斯。

“肖恩·格拉斯指挥的‘吸血鬼帝国’连队涉嫌杀害了五岁的欣德·拉贾布、她的家人以及前来救援的医护人员。人权基金会的调查显示，案发时他和他的部队就在欣德车辆的附近，”该组织在一份声明中表示。

“如今，格拉斯在美国逍遥法外。人权基金会要求美国当局逮捕他，并将其绳之以法。”

2024 年 1 月 29 日，一名五岁儿童被杀害，引发了全球的愤怒，并成为以色列在对加沙进行种族灭绝战争期间以巴勒斯坦平民和儿童为目标的象征。

拉贾布和她的家人试图离开加沙城时，他们的车辆遭到以色列的炮火袭击。

她的家人在枪战中丧生。拉贾布拨打了紧急救援电话，恳求救援人员：“我好害怕。请快来！”

她的电话录音引起了国际关注。但拉贾布和试图营救她的救援队最终都被以色列军队杀害。

拉贾布乘坐的汽车布满了 335 个弹孔，以色列当局最初将此归咎于与巴勒斯坦武装人员的交火。

由法医建筑组织进行的调查发现，没有证据表明发生过交火，并得出结论，事发时该地区只有以色列军队。

以色列已对这些杀戮事件展开调查，但巴勒斯坦人认为此类调查是逃避责任和争取时间，直到公众对事件的愤怒情绪消退的手段。

联合国和其他人权观察组织的专家已宣布以色列对加沙的袭击构成种族灭绝。至少有74000名巴勒斯坦人丧生，其中包括至少21000名儿童。

尽管有证据表明以色列军队在加沙和其他地区犯下了惯常的战争罪行，但美国仍然继续通过外交、军事和经济援助来支持以色列。

它还谴责国际刑事法院（ICC）寻求以战争罪名逮捕以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡和前国防部长约阿夫·加兰特。