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Updates from FAJR’s missions, and coverage of FAJR’s work in the press.
FAJR Global mourns the passing of Sara Mousa, a six-year-old patient evacuated from Gaza to Jordan for life-saving medical treatment.
Dr. Nasser concluded a three-week visit to Jordan and Qatar, overseeing care for more than 84 critically injured patients evacuated from Gaza and deploying a specialised surgical mission led by Dr. Khaled Saleh.
Mariam is one of more than 11,000 patients evacuated from Gaza since October 2023, arriving in the UK for treatment after a US visa was refused.
Mariam Sabbah, 10, will receive specialist care in Britain instead of the United States, after the US halted visitor visas for Palestinians.
Nine-year-old Mariam lost her hand when a staircase collapsed under shelling. FAJR’s surgeons reattached it in a five-hour operation at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital — the start of a journey that led to the United Kingdom.
The campaign closed with 2,805 families supported across Gaza — 8,879 grocery vouchers distributed over the four weeks of Ramadan, each family receiving $400 in total support.
Children in Houston for ongoing treatment were courtside at the Toyota Center for their first NBA game, thanks to the Houston Rockets and Siraat Strategies — a halftime moment on court, the Jumbotron, and a night off from appointments.
Priseval “Val” Henry C. Abapo, BSN, RN, joins the leadership team as Deputy Chief Surgical Nurse, bringing decades of perioperative experience and service on missions in Gaza, the West Bank and Pakistan.
Diana L. Korsog, BS, RN, CNOR-ORTHO, CRNFA joins as Chief Surgical Nurse, bringing more than three decades of surgical nursing and three international missions with FAJR in Gaza, the West Bank and Pakistan.
Osaama H. Khan, MD, FRCSC, an academic neurosurgeon at Northwestern Medicine, has been appointed Associate Chief Medical Officer, providing clinical leadership and overseeing MedEvac operations globally.
Dr. Mohammed Tahir’s affiliation as Chief of MedEvac Project Consultant concluded effective March 28, 2026. The Global MedEvac Project will now be led by Dr. Osaama Khan.
Seven more children were evacuated from Gaza to Jordan on January 26, raising the number of children and women evacuated to Jordan alone to 73, with more than 130 companions.
Al Jazeera reports on the children of Gaza living with amputations after the ceasefire, and the long-term surgical and rehabilitative care their recovery depends on.
An interview with Harvard masters student Bilal Irfan on his work with FAJR bringing aid into Gaza and documenting the medical toll of the offensive.
Irish Examiner political editor Elaine Loughlin speaks with Dr. Jeremy Hickey, Dr. Khaled Saleh, Dr. Mohammed Tahir and FAJR founder Dr. Mosab Nasser about operating under siege in Gaza.
Al Jazeera profiles the international medics, FAJR volunteers among them, who travelled into Gaza to treat the wounded in hospitals stripped of supplies and staff.
FAJR co-founder Dr. Mosab Nasser sits down with Piers Morgan to discuss the organisation's medical missions and the conditions facing clinicians and patients in Gaza.
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