A hospital in New York City has terminated an emergency room doctor for her controversial posts online that applauded the Hamas massacre at a music festival in southern Israel. Dr Dana Diab, an ER physician at Lenox Hill Hospital, a non-profit medical centre, was fired over an Instagram story in which she rejoiced at the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7. Sharing a video from the attack on her Instagram Stories, Diab wrote, “Zionist settlers getting a taste of their own medicine”. An account on X called Stop Antisemitism (@StopAntisemites) shared a screenshot of the Instagram Story posted by Diab and her Instagram account that contained a Palestine flag in the bio. “NYC - Dr. Dana Diab is an ER physician at Lenox Hill (@lenoxhill). Dina Diab took to Instagram rejoicing Zionist settlers [aka jews] were murdered, raped, beheaded, and kidnapped by the Hamas terror group on Saturday October 7th. Jewish patients beware,” it wrote on X. NYC - Dr. Dana Diab is an ER physician at Lenox Hill (@lenoxhill). Dina Diab took to Instagram rejoicing Zionist settlers [aka jews] were murdered, raped, beheaded, and kidnapped by the Hamas terror group on Saturday October 7th. Jewish patients beware. pic.twitter.com/uS71Qz5oJh — StopAntisemitism (@StopAntisemites) October 16, 2023 Northwell Health confirmed on Tuesday morning that Diab no longer worked for the hospital system. “We’re aware of offensive comments posted by a team member regarding the crisis in the Middle East & are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused. These views don’t represent Lenox Hill Hospital & Northwell Health & go against our core values. They are no longer with Northwell,” it wrote on X. We're aware of offensive comments posted by a team member regarding the crisis in the Middle East & are deeply sorry for the hurt this has caused. These views don't represent Lenox Hill Hospital & Northwell Health & go against our core values. They are no longer with Northwell. — Northwell Health (@NorthwellHealth) October 17, 2023 “I will never go to Lenox Hill again,” an X user commented. “How can we be sure @lenoxhill will treat Jewish patients with the same care as other patients?” asked another. “How can there not be any consequences for this?” wrote a third. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Brookdale Emergency Medicine (@brookdale_em) According to a post by the Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Centre on Instagram, Diab graduated from the institute. She is a Palestinian but was raised in Qatar, it said.
