Hammam Alloh


Hammam Alloh was a Palestinian nephrologist at Al-Shifa Hospital in the Gaza Strip.

Biography

Hammam Alloh undertook secondary school education in Gaza before leaving Gaza to study medicine and qualify as a nephrologist. He returned to Gaza after 14 years. On his return, he was the only nephrology specialist in Gaza.
After the Israeli bombing of the Gaza Strip began during the Gaza war in October 2023, Alloh gave several interviews to Western media about the situation of medicine in Gaza. On October 26 he gave an extended interview to Maya Rosen of Jewish Currents:
In a 2023 interview, Alloh discussed his work in the al-Shifa Hospital.
When asked why he hadn't left, he responded:

Death and reaction

Alloh was killed by an Israeli airstrike at his wife's home on November 12, 2023, at the age of 36. His father, father-in-law, and brother-in-law were also killed in the same attack.
Holly Cairns, leader of the Social Democrats in Ireland, quoted Alloh's final interview in an Irish parliamentary debate.