Dr Abuelaish was no ordinary doctor. He was a rare Palestinian who had trained and worked in an Israeli hospital.

Sanjay Nagral
Oct 30, 2023, Hindustan Times

January 2009. One more chapter in the Israel Gaza conflict was ending. The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) were withdrawing their ground invasion. Dr Izzedin Abuelaish, a doctor from Gaza, had witnessed the barrage of bombs over previous weeks. He thought the worst had passed. Two days prior, he watched from his window as a tank moved in his direction. In panic, he phoned an Israeli TV anchor friend, who pulled strings to get the tank to back off. Dr Abuelaish was no ordinary doctor. He was a rare Palestinian who had trained and worked in an Israeli hospital. He gave interviews to Israeli TV about the situation in Gaza and had friends there.

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A Palestinian Israeli Doctor