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Nurses Who Threatened to Kill Israeli Patients Banned From Practicing Across Australia

Health Minister Mark Butler said Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh are ‘unable to practise nursing anywhere around Australia.’
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Nurses Who Threatened to Kill Israeli Patients Banned From Practicing Across Australia
Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital where two NSW public hospital nurses allegedly made anti-Semitic comments and boasted they would kill Israeli patients in Sydney, Australia on Feb. 13, 2025. AAP Image/Dean Lewins
Monica O’Shea
Monica O’Shea
2/13/2025|Updated: 2/13/2025
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Two nurses who threatened to kill Israeli patients at Bankstown Hospital in Sydney have been deregistered and permanently banned from practising anywhere in Australia.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of NSW suspended the registrations of Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh effective Feb. 13, 2025, following a viral video where they boasted about harming Israeli patients or refusing them treatment.

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Monica O’Shea
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Monica O’Shea is a reporter based in Australia. She previously worked as a reporter for Motley Fool Australia, Daily Mail Australia, and Fairfax Regional Media. She can be reached at monica.o'[email protected]
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