Izzeldin Abuelaish, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Izzeldin Abuelaish

Medical doctor

Date of Birth: 03-Feb-1955

Place of Birth: Jabalia Camp, Gaza Strip, State of Palestine

Profession: writer, physician

Nationality: State of Palestine

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Izzeldin Abuelaish (Arabic: ??????? ??? ??????), 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.
He was active in promoting Israeli-Palestinian reconciliation.
His daughters attended a peace camp with Israeli children in the United States.
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 the world.
The Israeli military initially claimed that Dr.
Abuelaish's house was targeted because it was the source of sniper fire.
A day later the Israelis claimed to be targeting militants.
It was further alleged, but unproven, that the dead girls' bodies contained shrapnel from Qassam rockets.He emigrated to Canada and wrote I Shall Not Hate.
He now resides in Toronto, Canada, with his remaining children.