Issam Abuanza is the former

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of the Islamic State Health Service. A

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with

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, he is the first practicing

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doctor known to have joined the Islamic State group. Concerning the death of Jordanian pilot Muath Al-Kasasbeh, he stated: Abuanza, then living in

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with a wife and two children, travelled to Syria alone in July 2014.

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Living people Year of birth unknown Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant members from the United Kingdom Palestinian Islamists British Sunni Muslims Palestinian Sunni Muslims Palestinian emigrants to the United Kingdom Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom Year of birth missing (living people) {{Palestine-bio-stub