In these pages, we commemorate and honor those who devoted and eventually gave their lives in service of others. During the ongoing genocidal war, over 500 Palestinian health workers have been killed and over 300 have been abducted, each of whom had a distinguished presence and remarkable history.
We relied primarily on the list of martyrs issued regularly by the Palestinian Ministry of Health based on its primary data. This list was corroborated and expanded using the primary data collection conducted and published by "Healthcare Workers Watch", a group of volunteer Palestinian health workers who monitor and publish attacks on health in Palestine. A large part of the personal photographs we use of health workers were also collected and published by Healthcare Workers Watch. For abducted and disappeared health workers, we relied primarily on the lists collected and published by Healthcare Workers Watch, which included the names and professions of these health workers. We gathered further details on health workers' professional history and the circumstances surrounding their targeting from statements and reports by the Ministry of Health and other organizations, as well as news reports, verified social media accounts, and firsthand information from colleagues and relatives of the health workers. Some of these files are still undergoing translation into English.
When the circumstances allow, we will use field research to gather information about victims who we did not find sufficient information about using secondary sources.
Full Name | occupation | Work details | workplace | Cause of martyrdom | |
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Ameen Abu Hasanein | Dentist |
: Dr. Ameen Abu Hasanein was martyred alongside five other members of his family
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Bilal Lubbad | Dentist | Dentist | |||
Areej Ibrahim Hasan Eid | Dentist | Dentistry student |
: Dr. Areej was martyred alongside her family in a strike on their home in Bureij camp
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Tawfeeq Jamal Tawfeeq al-Farra | Dentist | Worked in Nabd al-Hayat medical center |
: Dr. Tawfeeq al-Farra was martyred alongside his wife and their unborn child as a result of a strike on their home.
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Shatha al-Zard | Dentist | Worked in Zaitoun Martyrs Health Center. |
: Dr. Shatha al-Zard was martyred alongside the rest of her family as a result of a strike on their home.
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Ahmad Abu Samra | Dentist | ||||
Nuha Daghmash | Dentist |
: Dr. Nuha Daghmash was martyred alongside her sister Dr. Muna Daghmash and 10 other family members |
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Suleiman Jamil Suleiman Tarazi | Dentist | Orthodontics |
: Dr. Suleiman Tarazi was martyred in a strike on the Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius, which hosted internally displaced people. His wife and youngest son Jad were injured in the attack. |
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Ahmad Salah al-Deen Mohammed Zanoun | Dentist | ||||
Sameera Mahdi | Dentist | ||||
Abdallah al-Baghdadi | Dentist | ||||
Tasneem Abdel Nabi | Dentist |
: Dr. Tasneem was killed in a strike on their home alongside her parents and five of her siblings. The family remained under the rubble after the house was bombed. |
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Saud al-Nakhal | Dentist | ||||
Aseel Sufian Tayeh | Dentist | Dentistry |
: Dr. Aseel was killed in a massacre that killed over 140 people, including her father Dr. Sufian Tayeh, her mother Abeer, and her siblings |
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Rifat Sukayk | Dentist | ||||
Khalil Ibrahim Abu Zaher | Dentist | Dentistry |
: Dr. Khalil Abu Zaher was martyred alongside three of his cousins |
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Abdelrahman al-Ghareez | Dentist | Dr. Abdelrahman al-Ghareez opened his own private clinic in March 2023. |
: Dr. Abdelrahman al-Ghareez was martyred alongside his wife and two children in a strike on their home in Nuseirat camp. |
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Mohammed al-Madhoun | Dentist | Dentistry | |||
بلال ناصر علي لبد | طبيب أسنان | ||||
خليل ابراهيم محمد أبو زاهر | طبيب أسنان | ||||
مسلم دياب عيسى راضي | طبيب أسنان | ||||
اسامه رزق أحمد ابومعمر | طبيب أسنان | ||||
احمد توفيق محمد الحوراني | طبيب أسنان | ||||
احمد صالح الدين محمد زنون | طبيب أسنان | قطاع خاص | |||
اسامة صالح سليمان خشان | طبيب أسنان | ||||
اسامه محمد مسلم مسلم | طبيب أسنان | قطاع خاص | |||
أمين سعيد سليمان ابو حسنين | طبيب أسنان | قطاع خاص | |||
أكرم عبد الكريم محمد أبو عودة | طبيب أسنان | وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية | |||
اَلاء أحمد عبد اللطيف حمد | طبيب أسنان | ||||
أميرة زياد مصطفى دهمان | طبيب أسنان | وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية | |||
توفيق جمال توفيق الفرا | طبيب أسنان | قطاع أهلي | |||
حنان خالد موسى | طبيب أسنان | قطاع خاص | |||
رأفت صفوت رأفت سكيك | طبيب أسنان | قطاع خاص | |||
شذى حمدي موسى عبداللطيف | طبيب أسنان | وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية | |||
عبد الرحمن فتحي علاوي الحلو | طبيب أسنان | ||||
محمد أحمد محمود خريس | طبيب أسنان | وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية | |||
محمد نمر ياسين المدهون | طبيب أسنان | ||||
مدحت محمد يوسف محيسن | طبيب أسنان | وزارة الصحة الفلسطينية | |||
يارين إبراهيم جمعة أبو نحل | طبيب أسنان | ||||
يوسف محمد نمر قزعاط | طبيب أسنان | قطاع خاص | |||
نور محمد يوسف ياغي | طبيب أسنان | ||||
أسيل سفيان عبد الرحمن تايه | طبيب أسنان | ||||
نهى حسن مصطفى دغمش | طبيب أسنان | ||||
جبريل توفيق أحمد جبريل | طبيب أسنان | ||||
إسراء يوسف فريج النويري | طبيب أسنان | ||||
Mohammad Jameel Yousef Labad | Nurse | Worked as a nurse in Kamal Adwan Hospital. Held a Master's from the Academy of Management and policy for Graduate Studies | Kamal Adwan Hospital |
: Nurse Mohammed Labad was martyred alongside his father in a strike on their home in the northern Gaza Strip. |
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Rami Adel Musbah Labad | Nurse | Worked as a nurse in Kamal Adwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip | Kamal Adwan Hospital |
: Nurse Rami Labad was martyred alongside several members of his family in a strike on their neighborhood. |
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Sumayya Mohammed Yousef Tamraz | Nurse | She worked as a nurse in the nursery of al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah. | Al Aqsa Martyrs hospital |
: Dr. Sumayya Tamraz was martyred as a result of a drone attack targeting her home in the Gaza Strip. |
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Mohammed Rafat Mohammed Jumaa | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Saber al-Nimnem | Nurse | ||||
Shayma Radwan Ali Rayyan | Nurse | Worked as a midwife during the genocide | |||
Maryam Hisham Hasan Abu Thaher | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Amjad Majed Mohammed Abu Odeh | Nurse | Practical instructor in the faculty of nursing at al-Aqsa University in the Gaza Strip | Universities |
: He was martyred alongside his three children and other members of his family in a strike on Ma'an neighborhood in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip. |
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Tamer Nizar Khaled al-Afsh | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health |
: Dr. Tamer al-Afsh was martyred following an attack on al-Nuseirat Market in the Gaza Strip. |
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Rula Jalal Subhi al-Thalatheeni | Nurse | Midwife | |||
Firas Suleiman Shehadeh Ifteiha | Nurse | ||||
Diaa Abdelraheem Mohammed al-Bardaweel | Nurse | ||||
I'timad Sami Mahmoud Zanoun (Miqdad) | Nurse |
: Martyred alongside her husband and seven of her children in a strike on their home in Rafah |
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Hasan Hamdi Hasan al-Hinawi | Nurse |
: Martyred alongside his father, his children, and a large number of his family members in a strike in northern Gaza City |
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Zaynab Ameen Fahmi al-Sharafi | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health |
: Nurse Zaynab al-Sharafi was martyred alongside her five children Hala, Aya, Noor, Leen and Mohammed in the Hassouneh family massacre in Rafah. |
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Hamdan As'ad Hamdan Malaka | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health |
: Martyred alongside his children, grandchildren and a large number of his family members in the Malaka family masscare |
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Ali Suleiman Abed Nasrallah | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Duaa Ahmad Hasanat Ashour | Nurse | ||||
Abdelrahman Shaheen Ziada | Nurse | ||||
Nuha Abdelmajeed Hashem Isleem | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Hiba Husni Salama Abu Salama | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health |
: She was martyred alongside 22 members of her family in a strike on their home in Jabalia Camp, in the Mousa family massacre.
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Imad Abdelmajeed Hashem Isleem | Nurse |
: He was martyred as a result of a strike by occupation forces in Khan Yunis. |
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Yousef Fayez Fares al-Shareef | Nurse | ||||
Inas Mahmoud Mohammed al-Zein | Nurse | Al-Nasr Children's Hospital |
: She was martyred on October 23, 2023. Her body remained under the rubble until the next day, October 24, when she was buried alongside 8 members of her family. |
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Waleed Abdelhaq Mohammed al-Mahlawi | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Azmi Mousa Ahmad al-Jamal | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health |
: He was martyred alongside his wife, daughter, son, and several other members of his family in a strike on Deir al-Balah. |
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Hadeel Ziad Mahmoud Fanaqa | Nurse | ||||
Hanieh Abdelfattah Ibrahim Qdeih (Abu Mustafa) | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Mohammed Zakaria Hussein al-Muqayyad | Nurse | First responder with the Union of Health Care Committees | Non-governmental sector |
: His home was struck upon his arrival after an on-call shift, killing him, his wife, and their two children |
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Haytham Tawfeeq Ahmad al-Nabih | Nurse | ||||
Ahmad Mahmoud Ahmad al-Rann | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Safaa Munther Abdelhameed Zeino | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health |
: Eleven martyrs were pulled out from under the rubble, including Dr. Safaa Zeino after afer an Israeli airstrike targeted the Zeino family home near Al-Salam Mosque on Jaffa Street in Gaza City. |
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Ramadan Jamal Qandeel Daghmash | Nurse | ||||
Aya Awni Ismail Abu Zeid | Nurse | ||||
Sahar Adel Aql | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Yousef Zuheir Ahmad al-Bar'i | Nurse |
: Dr. Yousef Al-Bari's was martyred alongside his family following an Israeli strike on his home in the Jabalia massacre in the northern Gaza Strip. |
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Rawan Abu Zubeida | Nurse | Al-Shifa Medical Complex |
: Rawan Abu Zubeida was martyred alongside her brother and sister following an attack on their relatives' house in al-Bureij camp where they sought refuge.
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Omar Ibrahim al-Hubeil | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Fatma Ahmad Shalouf | Nurse | Emirates Crescent Hospital |
: Fatima Shalouf was martyred alongside all her family members, consisting of thirteen people, including her brother Ahmed Shalouf, as a result of targeting their home in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. |
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Mahdi Ahmad Shalouf | Nurse | Worked as a nurse in the anaesthesia and resuscitation department. | Non-governmental sector |
: Mahdi Shalouf was martyred along with all his family members, consisting of thirteen people, including his sister, Fatima Shalouf, as a result of targeting their home in the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. |
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Ra'ed Malaka | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Saleem Abu Zour | Nurse | ||||
Saja Daghmash | Nurse |
: Saja Daghmash was martyred along with her mother, father, brother, six sisters and a number of their children following a strike on their home in Gaza City. |
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Amira al-Ruqab | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health |
: Amira al-Ruqab was martyred after being targeted by a missile from a reconnaissance plane in her home in Deir al-Balah. |
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Yousef Alayan | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Alaa' al-Sabeehi | Nurse | Gaza European Hospital |
: He was martyred alongside his children and other members of his family in an attack on their home in Rafah City in the southern Gaza Strip. The strike also injured his wife, nurse Hiba al-Far'. |
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Abdallah Sharaf | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health | |||
Yusra Mazen Ghabayen | Nurse |
: Yusra was martyred alongside her family in a strike on their home in Beit Lahya in the northern Gaza Strip. Two of her brothers survived but were injured. |
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Maryam al-Byouk | Nurse | حكيمة متقاعدة | Palestinian Ministry of Health |
: Maryam Al-Bayouk was martyred following a strike on her house in Khan Younis, south of the Gaza Strip. |
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Tamer Rafeeq Muabbad | Nurse | Worked as a nurse in the burns unit at al-Shifa Medical Complex | Al-Shifa Medical Complex | ||
Mustafa Khaled al-Jaloos | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health |
: Mustafa al-Jaloos was martyred at the Ma'an School shelter center in Khan Yunis. |
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Omar Abdelkarim Radwan | Nurse | ||||
Duha Abu Jazar | Nurse |
: She was martyred alongside her father, brothers, and a number of family members in a targeting of the city of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. |
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Imad al-Ruqab | Nurse | Gaza European Hospital | |||
Nidal Saqr | Nurse | Palestinian Ministry of Health |
: He was martyred alongside his children and other members of his family. |