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	'''Razan Ashraf Abdul Qadir al-Najjar''' (1996~~/1997~~ – 1 June 2018), the eldest of six children born to Ashraf al-Najjar (b.1974), She was a ] nurse volunteering in the ] health ministry. She was a resident of Khuzaa, a village near the border with Israel.<ref>https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/gaza-medic-killed-israel-she-rescued-injured		'''Razan Ashraf Abdul Qadir al-Najjar''' (11 September 1996 – 1 June 2018), the eldest of six children born to Ashraf al-Najjar (b.1974), She was a ] nurse volunteering in the ] health ministry. She was a resident of Khuzaa, a village near the border with Israel.<ref>https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/ali-abunimah/gaza-medic-killed-israel-she-rescued-injured
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	Her formal training after volunteering was as a paramedic in Khan Younis at Nasser hospital; and she became an active member of the ]		Her formal training after volunteering was as a paramedic in Khan Younis at Nasser hospital; and she became an active member of the ]

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Razan Ashraf Abdul Qadir al-Najjar (11 September 1996 – 1 June 2018), the eldest of six children born to Ashraf al-Najjar (b.1974), She was a Palestinian nurse volunteering in the Gaza health ministry. She was a resident of Khuzaa, a village near the border with Israel.

Volunteer

Her formal training after volunteering was as a paramedic in Khan Younis at Nasser hospital; and she became an active member of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society , a non-governmental health organization. She wore the white coat of the medics and a medics vest with bandages and was attending those wounded during protests at the border fence between Gaza and Israel during Ramadan. On June 1, 2018, Razan was shot in the chest and killed by Israeli snipers while she was trying to save the injured protesters attacking the Israeli fence line at the western borders of Israel. Thousands of Palestinians attended her funeral in Gaza, with her body being wrapped in a Palestinian flag. Her father carried her blood-stained medical jacket, while other mourners demanded revenge.

U.N.Recognition

On June 2, 2018, a group of agencies at United Nations in New York City issued a press release expressing their anguish over Her death, calling al-Najjar “a clearly identified medical staffer,” and it stated the killing of the nurse to be “particularly reprehensible.” The UN Envoy for the middle east singled her case out for attention, tweeting '"Medical workers are notatarget".

Israeli military spokepersons responded but provided no official report on the shooting, they did say that the facts would be investigated. Israel had repeatedly warned that anyone approaching the fence risked death, the Gazans were calling this a peaceful protest while the Israelis referred to the protests as riots. The protests began March 30, 2018. On June 1st a UN Security Council resolution proposed condemning the state of Israel for use of “excessive, disproportionate and indiscriminate force” against Palestinian protesters at the border fence. It was vetoed by a permanent member of the UN security council and key ally of Israel, the United States.

Death

Razan was a first responder at the "Great March of Return" that resulted in the 2018 Gaza border protests.

She was 21 years old at the time of her death. Iyad Abuheweila, a journalist, interviewed her during the protests. Ms. Najjar was a fixture at the Khan Younis camp and spoke about her role at the fence, relishing in the idea that a woman could brave the dangers.

“In our society women are often judged,” she said. “But society has to accept us. If they don’t want to accept us by choice, they will be forced to accept us because we have more strength than any man.

“The strength that I showed the first day of the protests, I dare you to find it in anyone else.” Thousands of Gazans attended her funeral along with hundreds of medical personnel.

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