Izzeldin Abuelaish | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Born | February 3, 1955 |
| Nationality | Palestinian |
| Education | University of Cairo MD University of London OB/Gyn Harvard School of Public Health MPH |
| Occupation(s) | Doctor, professor, author, non-profit founder |
| Notable work | I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity |
| Title | Michael and Amira Dan Professor in Global Health |
| Board member of | Daughters for Life Foundation |
| Website | daughtersforlife |
Izzeldin Abuelaish (Arabic: عزالدين أبو العيش), OOnt MSC is a Canadian-Palestinian medical doctor and author. He was born in Gaza, and was the first Palestinian doctor to work in an Israeli hospital and has been active in promoting Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation. During the Gaza War in January 2009, his three daughters and a 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.[1]
He emigrated to Canada and wrote a 2011 memoir entitled I Shall Not Hate: A Gaza Doctor's Journey on the Road to Peace and Human Dignity. He now resides in Toronto, Canada, with his remaining children.
- ^ Israeli TV airs telephone call to father after children killed -English. January 17, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2019 – via YouTube. (English subtitles)