Alaa Al Najjar

Alaa Al Najjar
آلاء النجار
Born
Gaza Strip, Palestine
NationalityPalestinian
OccupationPediatrician
Known forTreating child victims in Gaza; losing nine children in an Israeli airstrike

Alaa Al-Najjar (Arabic: آلاء النجار, born 1986 or 1987) is a Palestinian pediatrician who works at Al-Tahrir Hospital, part of the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip. Her name gained international attention in May 2025 after she lost nine of her children in an Israeli airstrike that targeted her family’s home in the Qizan an-Najjar area, south of Khan Younis.