The ongoing genocide in Gaza left ten months behind. The Palestinian authority declares the number of people who were killed in Gaza genocide is 40,450. However, a group of doctors and nurses who took part in charity work in Gaza wrote in their letter to The USA president Joe Biden, his wife and vice president that the number of deaths was a lot more than 40,000 [1]which was what the Palestinian authorities declared. Doctors, according to their experiences and observations of Gaza and the field, stated that the number of deaths was at least 90,000.[2] Another group of doctors pointed out that the death count in the Gaza genocide might be over than 186,000.[3]

The bloodiest genocide of the modern period, Gaza genocide is transparently distinguished from the ongoing wars and civil wars such as in Syria, Yemen, Sudan and Ukraine with the political and military tactics conducted by state of Israel. Different from the aforenamed war fields, Israel backed by the almost infinite support of western states and the USA as the super government of the world literally pogroms 2.3 million civilian people which it jammed to a narrow strip. It is obvious that, from the start, the main purpose of the attacks targeted towards the civilian infrastructure is to paralyze life and kill as many civilians as possible. Thus, in these attacks -75.000 tons of bombs (30 kg per person) used- 380 thousand houses, 412 schools and universities, 32 hospitals, 53 community health centers, 556 mosques and 3 churches were destroyed or became unusable. The Palestinian government stated that this destruction caused 30 billion dollars worth of economical loss.[4]

One of the tens of thousands of people massacred in the genocide being carried out by Israel against the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank is Dr. Saaed Maher Abdel Hadi Darabieh, a 28-year-old young doctor. Saaed was born in 1995 in the Jabalia refugee camp as the first child of a father who worked as a nurse in patient care. A year later, Saaed's father purchased a house in the Beit Lahia area in the northern Gaza Strip, and the family moved from the refugee camp to their own house. Saaed grew up in their home in Beit Lahia in a loving family environment. As the eldest of five brothers and two sisters, Saaed was the hero and role model for all his siblings. Completing his primary and secondary education at UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) schools, Saaed graduated with honors as one of the brightest students at his high school.

Dr. Saaed Maher Darabieh

His parents, both working in the healthcare sector, dreamed of Dr. Saaed becoming a respected doctor and a leader for his siblings and family. Growing with these ideals, Dr. Saaed earned a place at the Faculty of Medicine at Zagazig University in Egypt in 2013. After six intense and successful years of medical training, he returned to Gaza in 2019 to serve his people as a doctor. Dr. Saaed began his career amidst a series of crises and tragedies, including the Corona crisis and the bloody Ramadan attacks of 2021 aimed at Gaza which the state of Israel calls “grass mowing”[5], during which he worked at Ministry of Health hospitals and later at UNRWA clinics. He lastly started his urology specialization at Gaza's Al-Shifa Hospital, where he remained until he was martyred in the ongoing conflict.

Everyone who knew Dr. Saaed foresaw a bright future for him. His dedication to his work, compassionate communication with patients, commitment to professional development, and academic aspirations earned him special respect........

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