Archive · 17 Sep 2025
Doctors Without Borders Nurse Killed in Israeli Airstrike
A nurse working for Doctors Without Borders, named Hussein Alnajjar, was killed in an Israeli airstrike near his tent.
He was working at a clinic in Deir al Balah and Khan Younis.
The organization expressed outrage over his death, as it is the thirteenth Doctors Without Borders medic to be killed since the war began.
The airstrike also injured his sister-in-law and nephew.
Aid workers are protected under international law.
However, there are few cases that go to trial.
The death toll from the war between Israel and Hamas has exceeded 65,000.
Doctors Without Borders nurse Hussein Alnajjar was killed by an Israeli airstrike.
The incident occurred near Deir al Balah.
Alnajjar was a father of three and worked at a medical clinic since 2023.
Doctors Without Borders expressed outrage over the death.
The Palestinian death toll from the war has surpassed 65,000.
- Who
- Hussein Alnajjar, a Doctors Without Borders nurse.
- What
- Was killed in an Israeli airstrike.
- When
- Died on Tuesday after being injured five days prior.
- Where
- Near his tent in Gaza.
- Why
- The circumstances surrounding the airstrike are under investigation.
Doctors Without Borders
Israel
Responsibility for deaths
Doctors Without Borders
Doctors Without Borders blames the Israeli military for the death of their nurse.
Israel
Israel has repeatedly denied targeting aid workers.
- Victim
- Hussein Alnajjar, Doctors Without Borders nurse
- Incident
- Israeli airstrike near Deir al Balah
- Date of Death
- Tuesday
- Cause of Death
- Shrapnel wounds from airstrike
- Aid Worker Deaths
- At least 540 aid workers killed since the war began