Two nurses in Australia suspended for saying they would kill Israeli patients

Two nurses in a Sydney hospital have been suspended from work for threatening to kill Jewish patients and refusing to treat them in a video on TikTok, triggering an investigation by police, authorities say.

The video was shared by a TikTok user named Max Veifer and shows him talking to a man and woman wearing medical scrubs. They were identified in media reports as Ahmad Rashad Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh.

“I’m so upset that you’re Israeli … eventually you’re going to get killed and go to (hell),” Nadir said after Veifer mentioned he is from Israel in their video chat.

When asked why he would be killed, Abu Lebdeh said: “It’s Palestine’s country, not your country” and used a torrent of obscenity. Abu Lebdeh said she would not treat any Jewish patients and instead kill them. Nadir, with a threatening gesture, said he had already sent many “Israeli dog[s],” who visited the hospital, to hell.

A MUST SHARE: An Australian doctor, and a medical professional by his side, claim they have kiIIed Israeli patients — and will continue to do so.

They gleefully confess to murder. Then wish death upon the Israeli talking to them.

Let's find them!

????TT Max Veifer pic.twitter.com/Tcqq1rt0eC

— dahlia kurtz ✡︎ דליה קורץ (@DahliaKurtz) February 11, 2025

New South Wales state Health Minister Ryan Park says the nurses have been “stood down immediately,” pending an investigation.

“Obviously, the investigative process now takes place. I do not want to leave a sliver of light to allow any of them to be able to think that they will ever work for New South Wales Health again,” Park tells reporters during a press conference with NSW Health Secretary, Susan Pearce.