The story of Razan Ashraf Najjar, the Palestinian Nurse Killed by Israel
Until the end of his life, Friday, June 1, 2018, Razan has proven that he is a formidable nurse. The woman did not flinch at the front line. Her beautiful face and her nimble performance make her an "angel" amid the turbulent situation on the border of Gaza and Israel.
Razan Ashraf Najjar was killed on duty. The sharp bullet fired by Israeli soldiers through the back of the 21-year-old girl, surged into her heart, as she was giving first aid to the wounded in the bloody demonstrations on the Gaza border in Palestine.
"Razan Ashraf Najjar, a paramedic volunteer, was shot dead in his chest and killed at the hands of Israeli snipers while providing first aid to the wounded at the Khan Younes border fence, south of the Gaza Strip," the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. from CNN, Saturday (2/6/2018).
Razan was the target of Israeli snipers, although he clearly wore a white coat, which marked his profession as a paramedic. The sharp bullet of Israeli snipers pierces the back to the heart. He then died within minutes.
Rasha Abdul-Rahman Qdeih, a fellow paramedic, said before the incident he saw five Israeli military vehicles appearing on the border, on the Zionist side of the country. Then two soldiers pointed their guns at them.
"I shouted at my friends to be alert in the midst of an Israeli army attack and we survived and evacuated the wounded," he said as quoted by WAFA.
Qdeih added, after carrying out the mission to evacuate the wounded, paramedics then back forward. When 20 meters near the border fence, they are again attacked.
As a result, Razan was badly injured in the chest. Another paramedic, Rami Abu Jazar, was exposed to shrapnel in his femur and left hand.
Another witness, Ibrahim Najjar, said at the time of the incident, Razan intends to provide first aid to an elderly who is among the wounded demonstrators near the border. The tough woman still strives hard, even though her eyes get sick because of the bursts of Israeli tear gas.
"I took him up to the ambulance, and he was still alive, I accompanied him in the ambulance to the hospital, a few minutes before he died, Razan wearing a white coat, a clear paramedical symbol emblazoned," Najjar said. After being shot, Razan was rushed to the hospital.
Salaheddin Rantisi, director of the field hospital where Razan was evacuated, said the victim arrived in critical condition. The doctors attach the air tubes through the trachea to help him breathe.
"Unfortunately, Razan is suffering from internal bleeding and is not external, especially in the chest area, the bullet seems to be about the main artery in the heart," he said.