Alaa Al Najjar
Alaa Al Najjar  | |
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| آلاء النجار | |
| Born | Gaza Strip, Palestine  | 
| Nationality | Palestinian | 
| Occupation | Pediatrician | 
| Known for | Treating 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.