Humans of Gaza: Dr. Enas Al-Hajj, a pregnant doctor killed with firstborn, unborn kids
On October 29, more than three weeks after Israel launched its genocidal war on the Gaza Strip, Dr. Enas Mahmoud Al-Hajj mourned the death of her friend and colleague Dr. Duaa Awad.
“May God have mercy on my friend and colleague, Duaa Awad, the kind-hearted one. She left a beautiful impact on everyone around her”, the bereaved Al Hajj wrote for her slain friend.
Al-Hajj, however, was unaware that the two of them who waited for their work shifts to end to catch up on everyday discussions would be killed hours apart from each other.
She was killed the same day as Awad by the Israeli regime.
Al-Hajj worked as an emergency physician at the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza. Her husband Dr. Ali Al-Nuweri also worked in the same hospital as an orthopedic surgeon.
The couple who got married in 2019 shared a strong bond of togetherness.
“Years pass and you remain the most beautiful thing in my life and the most precious thing that life has gifted me,” the doting husband wrote on social media for his beloved spouse in happier days.
The couple welcomed their first child, Hassan, in 2020.
“Praise to God for blessing us with a child who is the light of my and beloved wife Inas Yousef’s eyes…I ask god to protect him and bless him,” Al Nuweri wrote on social media on their son’s birth.
Al-Hajj and Al-Nuweri were happy in their small world until it came crashing down.
“I used to go to work every day early morning after kissing my son and my wife, then I would come home in the afternoon, bone tired and exhausted. My wife would welcome me with her mouth-watering lunch,” Al-Nuweri was quoted as saying after his wife was killed.
When the Israeli regime launched its indiscriminate bombardment of the besieged Gaza Strip on October 7, Al-Hajj was 6 months pregnant with her second child.
She was eagerly waiting to know the gender of her unborn baby.
For months, the young doctor had been excitedly preparing for the arrival of the newborn. Their three-and-a-half-year-old son Hassan was also counting the days to welcome his playmate.
