On September 8, 2025, about a month before fighting in Gaza halted, Mohammed Akram al-Kafarna was killed in an Israeli strike.
Following his death, the Palestinian Nurses and Midwives Syndicate mourned al-Kafarna as the Gaza head of the medical association.
The International Council of Nurses, a Geneva-based body that calls itself “the global voice of nursing,” wrote in a condolence letter that it was “deeply saddened by the death of Dr. Mohammed Akram al-Kafarna, one of the leaders of the Palestinian nursing profession in Gaza.”
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