Nidal Mohammed Awad Ibrahim Qadoura
Nidal Qadoura (Niḍāl Qaddūra) ( نضال محمد عوض ابراهيم قدورة ) was a professor of Genetics and Molecular Biology in the Department of Medical Sciences at al-Aqsa University. He was 45 years old, had been married for 22 years – since 30 October 2001 — and had several children. He lived with his family in Jabalya Refugee Camp in the North Gaza Governorate. Jabalya, with more than 100,000 residents, was one of the largest refugee camps in Palestine.
Professor Qadoura studied at the Islamic University in Gaza and earned his master’s degree in 2018. His master’s thesis is entitled, Circulating miRNAs as Biomarkers of Type II Diabetes Mellitus among Patients in Gaza Strip. To honor his father on this milestone, his eldest son, Ahmad, posted the following on Facebook on 22 September 2018, and included a photo of them together:
From heart to heart
I extend my heartfelt congratulations to my dear father Nidal Qadoura
On the occasion of receiving his master’s degree…
Many thanks to everyone who shared in this success with us
I ask God to grant all of us such success.
Professor Qadoura was greatly respected and appreciated by his colleagues and students who spoke of his warmth and kindness. One student wrote the following about him: “He taught me more than simply a university subject. He was ethical and well-mannered, knowledgeable and cultured.”
Nidal Qadoura died on 20 November 2023 when the apartment block where he lived with his entire family in Jabalya Refugee Camp was hit by an Israeli airstrike. This was just weeks before the first (12/2023-1/2024) of four major Israeli ground offensives that, by the end of May 2025, had all but obliterated the camp. Abu Ahmad, as he was affectionately called, was killed with his children and more than 50 members of his extended family. Together, they represented three generations of the Qadoura family.