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Izzeldin Abuelaish

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Canadian-Palestinian medical doctor

DoctorsBorn 1955 · age 71
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Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Canadian-Palestinian medical doctor and author. He was born in Gaza, and was a Palestinian doctor who worked in an Israeli hospital and has been active in promoting Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation.

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2021honorary doctor of the University of Antwerp
2012Burgerschapsprijs Stichting P&V
Order of Ontario
Meritorious Service Decoration

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Izzeldin Abuelaish is a Canadian-Palestinian medical doctor and author. He was born in Gaza, and was a Palestinian doctor who worked in an Israeli hospital and has been active in promoting Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation. During the Gaza War in January 2009, his three daughters and niece were killed by Israeli tank fire directed at his home. He had been calling in reports about the effect of the war by phone to a TV station. In his regularly scheduled report, in tears, he described their killing on-air, in a video that was widely circulated in Israel and around the world.

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Doctors
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Doctor
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Born 1955 · age 71
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