Dr. Ibrahim Dardouna

Their life

Dr. Ibrahim Dardouna was a Palestinian physician who worked at Al-Shifa Hospital and Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. He was killed in an Israeli airstrike on June 6, 2024, when his family home in Jabalia al-Balad (northern Gaza) was bombed, resulting in at least 50 deaths, mostly women and children.
Key Details:
Profession: Medical doctor specializing in emergency and general medicine.
Hospitals Served:
Al-Shifa Hospital (Gaza’s largest medical complex, repeatedly attacked by Israel)
Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital (previously bombed on October 17, 2023, killing 500+ people)
Death: Killed alongside his family, including a 1-month-old infant, in an IDF strike.
Legacy: Remembered as a dedicated doctor who continued working despite Israel’s siege, targeting of hospitals, and extreme shortages of medical supplies.

Dr. Ibrahim Dardouna was a dedicated Palestinian physician who served at Al-Shifa Hospital, Gaza’s largest medical facility, and Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, both of which faced repeated Israeli attacks during the 2023–2024 war on Gaza. Born and raised in Jabalia, he pursued medicine to help his community despite the severe restrictions imposed by Israel’s blockade, which crippled Gaza’s healthcare system with chronic shortages of medicine, equipment, and electricity. Throughout his career, he worked under extreme conditions, treating trauma patients, malnourished children, and war-wounded civilians with limited resources. His commitment to saving lives persisted even as Israeli forces systematically targeted medical facilities, including the devastating October 2023 bombing of Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital, which killed over 500 people, and the siege of Al-Shifa Hospital in November 2023, where he continued working amid gunfire and collapsing infrastructure.

On June 6, 2024, Dr. Dardouna was killed when an Israeli airstrike destroyed his family home in Jabalia al-Balad, killing at least 50 people, including women, children, and a one-month-old infant. Survivors buried under the rubble cried for help as neighbors and rescuers—denied access to heavy equipment due to Israel’s blockade—dug through debris with their bare hands. His death was part of a broader pattern of attacks on healthcare workers, with over 500 medical personnel killed in Gaza since October 2023, according to the World Health Organization. The destruction of hospitals and the targeting of doctors like Dardouna have been condemned by human rights groups as possible war crimes, exacerbating a man-made humanitarian catastrophe where starvation and preventable diseases now claim hundreds of lives.

How they died

He was killed in an Israeli airstrike

Dr. Ibrahim Dardouna was a Palestinian physician who worked at Al-Shifa Hospital and Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza. He was killed in an Israeli airstrike on June 6, 2024, when his family home in Jabalia al-Balad (northern Gaza) was bombed, resulting in at least 50 deaths, mostly women and children.

Why we remember them

This record exists so that Dr. Ibrahim Dardouna, and all who are named in this archive, are never reduced to a number.

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