Fate of six-year-old Palestinian girl trapped in car with dead family unknown

The fate of a Palestinian girl trapped in a car in Gaza with her dead family remains unknown, days after the Red Crescent dispatched an ambulance to the area.

The Palestinian Red Crescent Society released an audio recording of six-year-old Hind Rajab's three-hour phone conversation with desperate dispatchers on Monday as they waited for fighting in the area to calm before sending help.

"Hind kept asking us to come and get her, to send someone to get her. She said it was getting dark," dispatcher Rana al-Faqeh told Reuters. 

Although the Red Crescent decided it was safe enough to send an ambulance four hours after the call began, they soon lost contact and have had no further contact with either its two crew members or Rajab.

The first to speak with the Red Crescent was Rajab's 15-year-old relative Layan Hamadeh, trapped in the same vehicle near a petrol station in Gaza City as Israeli tanks and troops approached.

"They are shooting at us. The tank is next to me," Hamadeh could be heard saying on another audio recording released by the Red Crescent, followed by yelling amid the rattle of a burst of gunfire.