Sara Al-Saqqa

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Sara Al-Saqqa (Arabic: سارة السقا, romanized: Sārah al-Saqqā; born c. 1992) is a Palestinian surgeon. She was the first woman surgeon in Gaza and she was recognised as a member of the BBC's 100 influential women in 2024. She became a de facto reporter on the Gazan medical effort during the humanitarian crisis involving a forced wave of Palestinian refugees in the armed conflict between Israel and Gaza in 2023 and 2024. Her coverage of the day-to-day hospital events and the care for Palestinian victims, before and during the war escalation of October 2023, gave her significant media attention.

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