Sydney nurse in hospital following suspension over shocking anti-Israel comments

One of two nurses caught threatening to kill Israeli patients is now in hospital, following concerns for their welfare.

Ahmad “Rashad” Nadir and Sarah Abu Lebdeh will no longer be able work in an Australian hospital after vision of their random online chatroom conversation with an Israeli content creator Max Veifer went viral.

Nadir was taken to hospital from his Bankstown home about 8.55pm on Thursday, following “reports of a concern for welfare”, NSW Police said.

Both nurses’ credentials have been suspended, the national watchdog confirmed earlier this week.

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency confirmed on Thursday that their credentials were no longer valid and they “cannot practise in Australia”.

In the video, the Bankstown Hospital colleagues boasted about not treating Israelis and instead killing them.

Veifer had asked the pair what they would do if an Israeli citizen presented to the hospital where they worked and needed treatment.

The woman responded: “I won’t treat them, I’ll kill them.”

The male said Israelis had visited the hospital but implied they had died, moving his hand across his neck to symbolise a person getting their neck cut.

“You have no idea how many Israeli dog(s) came to this hospital and I send them to Jahannam (hell),” he said.

No charges have been laid but police continue to build a criminal case against the pair, and Veifer is co-operating with detectives — agreeing to hand over the full, uncut video.

He hopes it will prompt change, believing “it’s not the only case” of antisemitism in the health system.

The nurses have been suspended but One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson wants them gone for good.

“They have absolutely spat on the Australian people and as far as I’m concerned, get them out of the country,” she said.

Health Minister Ryan Park spent time with the pair’s former workmates and Jewish leaders at the hospital.

He has apologised to the Jewish community and made it clear that the actions of the two nurses do not reflect the entire workforce.

“It’s my job with the Secretary now to regain that trust in this health system,” he said.

Legal experts say the former nurses could potentially face the charge of publicly threatening and inciting violence.

“I think there’s a lot of eyes on the police at the moment and they’d be very careful to be doing a proper job and making sure all their ducks are in a row before they do charge this pair,” lawyer Lindsay Stankovic said.

Police are yet to interview the two nurses.