Khalil Suleiman

Khalil Suleiman
Head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society Emergency Medical Service in Jenin

Death of Khalil Suleiman
Location	Jenin, West Bank, Palestine
Target	disputed
Weapons	rifle-mounted grenade
Deaths	1
Injured	2
Victims	Khalil Suleiman killed (two other medical personnel seriously injured)
Perpetrators	Israel Defense Forces
Motive	disputed
Charges	genocide (in the Gaza Strip)
Litigation	ICJ and ICC (for related incidents, mostly in the Gaza Strip)

Khalil Suleiman (Arabic: خليل سليمان) (1943/1944–4 March 2002) was a Palestinian doctor in Jenin in the West Bank. He was head of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society Emergency Medical Service (effectively the ambulance service) in Jenin.

Death

Dr. Suleiman 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.^[1][2][3]

Reactions

The attack was condemned by the International Red Cross,^[4] European Union,^[5] and National Arab American Medical Association.^[6]

Legacy

The hospital in Jenin is now named after him, the Martyr Doctor Khalil Suleiman Hospital. His brother's son was named Khalil after his uncle.

See also

• War crimes in the Israel–Hamas war

References

1. "Attacks on health personnel and disrupted health care". Amnesty International. 14 March 2002. Archived from the original on 22 September 2006.
2. "PHYSICAL DAMAGES INFLICTED BY IDF ATTACKS TO EU FUNDED DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS" (PDF). UK Department for International Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2005.
3. "Israel out — freedom for Palestine!". Green Left. 27 March 2002. Archived from the original on 4 September 2006.
4. "Palestine Red Crescent official killed". International Committee of the Red Cross. 4 March 2002.
5. "Memorandum submitted by the European Commission: European Community financial assistance to the Palestinians". UK Parliament. The Red Crescent ambulance was attacked and destroyed by the IDF in Jenin on 4 March 2002, reportedly by a rifle-mounted grenade. The Head of the Red Crescent Emergency Service in Jenin, Dr. Khalil Suleiman, was killed in the assault, while two other PRCS staff were seriously wounded and burned and remain in Hospital. The ambulance was one of 6 financed by ECHO (for PRCS through ICRC) with the project ECHO/TPS/210/2000/20001 dating back to October 2000. The ambulance had been delivered to PRCS in January 2001. Both the International Committee of the Red Cross and the EU have protested this attack, which is a grave breach of the IVth Geneva Convention.
6. "Murder of Palestinian Health Care Providers Condemned by National Arab American Medical Association". PR Newswire. 7 March 2002. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007.