Omar Ferwana

He worked as a dean and assistant professor at Islamic University of Gaza, Faculty of Medicine.

[2] On 17 December 1992, he was expelled by Israel along with 414 others accused of incitement and association with Hamas and Islamic Jihad to Marj al-Zohour in southern Lebanon, beyond the Israeli Security Zone.

[5] It is noteworthy that his father is the Palestinian poet Saleh Omar Ferwana (Arabic: صالح عمر فراونة; 1936 – 10 March 2013).

[6] He published a diwan entitled “Mufradāt Filasṭīnīyah” (Arabic: مفردات فلسطينية) in 2004, and the second part in 2011.

[7] On 15 October 2023, he, his wife, children, and grandchildren were killed during an airstrike attack fired by Israeli Air Force on his home located in Tel al-Hawa, southwest of Gaza City, during the Israeli response to Hamas attack on Israel.