Razan al-Najjar's mother volunteers as medic a week after daughter's death

Sabreen al-Najjar, the mother of slain Palestinian medic Razan al-Najjar, decided to follow in her daughter's footsteps and don a vest from the Palestinian Medical Relief Society on Friday, the Gaza health ministry reported.

Razan was killed by a live bullet in the chest last Friday as she served as a volunteer medic on the frontlines of the demonstrations, sparking outrage at the Israeli army's targeting of medical staff. An initial internal Israeli investigation dismissed her death as unintentional, but a social media campaign by Israeli officials seeking to link Razan to Hamas was met with anger and accusations of smearing the young woman in an attempt to retroactively justify her killing.

Palestinian news outlet Al-Hadath interviewed Sabreen on Thursday as she wore her daughter's blood-stained medic vest.

"Every Palestinian girl is Razan. Every Palestinian mother is Razan. We will set forth and sacrifice and continue her journey," she said.

"My daughter was a brave paramedic who was never scared of the Israeli snipers," Sabreen told MEE last week.