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"It is with profound sorrow and outrage that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) confirms the death of our colleague Abed El Hameed Qaradaya. Despite the care provided by the medical teams, he succumbed to his critical shrapnel injuries on Sunday, October 5, following an attack on October 2 that also killed our colleague Omar Hayek and injured several others.
The attack, carried out by Israeli forces in Gaza, struck a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to go to work at MSF field hospital in Deir al-Balah. All staff were wearing MSF vests, which clearly identified them as medical humanitarian workers."
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For 18 years, Abed El Hameed was a cornerstone of MSF’s physiotherapy department in Gaza. He was a unique and invaluable specialist in both physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Abed was dedicated not only to his patients’ physical recovery but also to restoring their hope and sense of dignity.
His loss is immense and has a tragic impact on his loved ones, MSF, and the health system in Gaza.
You can't replace people like Abed.
Stop killing medical workers.
The attack, carried out by Israeli forces in Gaza, struck a street where our teams were waiting to take a bus to go to work at MSF field hospital in Deir al-Balah. All staff were wearing MSF vests, which clearly identified them as medical humanitarian workers."


MSF is devastated by the death of Abed El Hameed Qaradaya, our 15th colleague killed in Gaza
Abed died on Sunday from injuries sustained in an attack that also killed our colleague Omar Hayek.
For 18 years, Abed El Hameed was a cornerstone of MSF’s physiotherapy department in Gaza. He was a unique and invaluable specialist in both physiotherapy and occupational therapy. Abed was dedicated not only to his patients’ physical recovery but also to restoring their hope and sense of dignity.
His loss is immense and has a tragic impact on his loved ones, MSF, and the health system in Gaza.
You can't replace people like Abed.
Stop killing medical workers.