Gaza war film 'The Voice of Hind Rajab' wins second prize at Venice

"The Voice of Hind Rajab", a gut-wrenching Gaza film that left audiences sobbing at its premiere, won the Silver Lion grand jury prize at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday.  

The movie, from French-Tunisian director Kaouther Ben Hania, is about the real-life killing of five-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab by Israeli forces while her family was trying to flee Gaza. 

An investigation found that the car in which Rajab was killed had been hit with 335 bullets.

She was found dead on 10 February 2024 in northern Gaza, after nearly two weeks of being trapped inside a car with her family while being surrounded by Israeli military forces and being subject to Israeli fire.