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Palestinians Mourn Director of Key Gaza Hospital Killed in Israeli Strike
- On July 2, 2025, Israeli airstrikes killed Dr. Marwan al-Sultan, director of Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital, and several family members in Gaza City.
- This tragedy took place during a conflict lasting nearly 21 months, which began after Hamas launched an attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, resulting in approximately 1,200 deaths and the capture of 251 hostages.
- Al-Sultan was one of Gaza’s last cardiologists and had never left the hospital since the war began, symbolizing dedication amid systematic targeting of healthcare workers.
- Since October 2023, over 1,500 healthcare professionals have died in Gaza, with 70 fatalities occurring in the recent 50-day period, severely damaging the region’s medical services.
- His death marks a catastrophic loss that will further worsen Gaza’s humanitarian crisis, where over 90% of the 2.3 million population have been displaced amid ongoing conflict.
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Marwan Sultan, a renowned Gaza doctor, took a rare break from work on Wednesday to be home with his family. At 2:15 p.m., he became a black statistic: the 70th health worker to be killed by Israeli fire. And that in just the past 50 days. His family was also killed along with him. According to some reports, it was a targeted attack, as the rocket only hit the room he was in, leaving the rest of the house untouched.
Gaza Hospital Director Killed in Israeli Airstrike
Dr. Marwan Sultan, the director of the Indonesian Hospital in Gaza City, was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Wednesday, according to relatives and the Gaza Health Ministry. The doctor was killed alongside his wife, sister, daughter and son-in-law when a missile hit the apartment where the family where staying, his surviving daughter Lobna said. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “A missile was dropped on his room exactly, on his place, on him pr…
Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill 300 Palestinians in 2 Days, Including Hospital Director
Officials in Gaza say Israeli attacks have killed over 300 Palestinians in the past 48 hours. Among the dead are at least 11 people killed in an Israeli airstrike on a school housing displaced Palestinians west of Gaza City. Another attack on a tent encampment near Khan Younis killed 13 people, including a couple and their four children. Meanwhile, a strike killed renowned cardiologist Marwan al-Sultan, who served as director of Gaza’s Indonesia…
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