Khalil Suleiman ( ar, خليل سليمان) (1943/1944–4 March 2002) was a

Palestinian Palestinians ( ar, الفلسطينيون, ; he, פָלַסְטִינִים, ) or Palestinian people ( ar, الشعب الفلسطيني, label=none, ), also referred to as Palestinian Arabs ( ar, الفلسطينيين العرب, label=non ...

doctor in

Jenin Jenin (; ar, ') is a Palestinian city in the northern West Bank. It serves as the administrative center of the Jenin Governorate of the State of Palestine and is a major center for the surrounding towns. In 2007, Jenin had a population of app ...

in the

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. He was head of the Palestinian

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Society Emergency Medical Service (effectively the ambulance service) in Jenin. He was killed and two other medical personnel seriously injured when an ambulance was hit by a rifle-mounted grenade fired by the

Israeli Defence Forces The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; he, צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל , ), alternatively referred to by the Hebrew-language acronym (), is the national military of the State of Israel. It consists of three service branch ...

. The

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and the

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have both complained about this attack. The hospital in Jenin is now named after him, the Martyr Doctor Khalil Suleiman Hospital. His brothers son was named Khalil after his uncle.

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References

1940s births 2002 deaths 20th-century Palestinian physicians Palestinian emergency physicians {{med-bio-stub