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Dana Diab: NY emergency doctor fired for hailing Hamas’ massacre, said Israelis got 'a taste of their own medicine'

On Tuesday morning, October 17, Northwell Health confirmed that Dana Diab no longer worked for the hospital system

NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK: A New York City emergency doctor has been relieved from her duty following her contentious online post that hailed Hamas’ massacre at a music festival in southern Israel, saying that attacks gave Israelis “a taste of their own medicine.”

According to NYC Health + Hospitals, Dr Dana Diab, an emergency room physician with Lenox Hill Hospital and Brookdale University Hospital & Medical Center, shared the video of the horrifying October 7 attack on her Instagram Stories.

What did the doctor post on social media?

“Zionist settlers getting a taste of their own medicine,” she wrote, according to a screenshot shared by Stop Antisemitism on X, formerly known as Twitter, on Monday, October 16.

A sconed picture showed Diab’s Instagram profile, which has now gone private, boasting over 600 followers and having a Palestinian flag emoji in the bio section.

“Dina [sic] Diab took to Instagram rejoicing Zionist settlers [aka jews] were murdered, raped, beheaded, and kidnapped by the Hamas terror group on Saturday October 7,” Stop Antisemitism wrote alongside the images, adding “Jewish patients beware.”

Dana Diab is no longer for the medical institution

On Tuesday morning, Northwell Health confirmed that Diab no longer worked for the hospital system.

“We are deeply sorry for the hurt and offense these comments have caused,” Northwell wrote on X.

“These views do not represent Lenox Hill Hospital and Northwell Health and go against our core values. The team member is no longer employed with Northwell,” she further wrote.

“Well I should hope so. Many Jewish folks are pretty scared to come to this hospital,” one X user replied to the announcement.

“Her public praise of Hamas' crimes against humanity disqualifies Diab from treating Jewish patients or any patients for that matter,” activist Chaskel Bennett said, adding “A code of professional conduct was violated here. Hate has a price."

What did Dana Diab say regarding her controversial post?

According to the New York Post, Diab insisted that she “never called for harm to anyone” in her post.

“I never have and never will abdicate my duty and my oath as a physician,” she added.

Diab’s termination comes after people from all over the world voiced their anger and protest against the barbaric attack launched by the Hamas militants on both Israeli citizens and civilians on October 7. 

The massacre unleashed an all-out war with Israel, resulting in about 1,400 Israeli deaths and over 2,800 Palestinian deaths, respectively.

Tensions grew at the end of last week as the Israel Defense Forces prepared to launch the next leg of its retaliatory assault while a large number of Gaza residents remained unable to safely flee their homes.

Diab obtained a medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar in 2016, according to her online professional profile.

She did an internship in internal medicine at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland before completing her emergency medicine residency at Brookdale in 2020.