Muhammad Khalil

Introduction

Dr Muhammad Khalil is a vascular surgeon who worked at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust and was registered with the General Medical Council (GMC) under the full name Dr Muhammad Abdelmoez Abdelmoghny Khalil, GMC number 7499689. In September 2026, a Medical Practitioners Tribunal sitting in Manchester found his fitness to practise to be impaired and suspended him from practising medicine for nine months, over a series of extreme antisemitic posts on an Instagram account attributed to him. The case began with a complaint by UK Lawyers for Israel (UKLFI) in October 2023 and concluded with the GMC informing UKLFI on 14 September 2026 that the suspension had been imposed.

Background Information

Khalil was identified in UKLFI’s complaint to the GMC as a vascular surgeon at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust. UKLFI reported him to the GMC in October 2023 after discovering a series of extreme posts on an Instagram account which was attributed to him. The posts became the subject of regulatory fitness to practise proceedings before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal, the body that hears such cases about doctors in the UK. The Tribunal hearing took place in Manchester between 1 and 9 September 2026, and the full written determination is expected to be published by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service.

The Controversy or Incident That Led to Their Cancellation

Tribunal findings, not a criminal conviction. The findings described below were made by a Medical Practitioners Tribunal, a regulatory body applying the civil standard of proof; they are findings of impaired fitness to practise, not a criminal conviction, and the matter was heard as a regulatory fitness to practise case rather than a prosecution. The specific posts are as reported to the GMC by UK Lawyers for Israel in its October 2023 complaint, on an Instagram account attributed to Khalil. The GMC stated that Khalil has 28 days in which to appeal the Tribunal’s decision.

Among the material UKLFI reported was an image of an Israeli flag crossed out in red accompanied by the words “Death to Israel”. Another post said “..our goal is the complete eradication of Israel”. A further post reproduced a quotation attributed to former Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser calling for the “complete eradication” of Israel, which UKLFI argued demonstrated support for Israel’s destruction.

Perhaps the most disturbing post in UKLFI’s account contained an explicitly anti-Jewish message which stated: “We, the Arabs, are going to wipe you completely from the face of the earth! You can shove your Torah, your Talmud, your Moses and all your prophets up your stinky ass.” UKLFI told the GMC that this material demonstrated extreme hostility towards Israelis and Jews and raised serious concerns about whether Jewish or Israeli patients could have confidence in being treated by the doctor.

UKLFI’s complaint also covered statements about the 7 October 2023 attack: it reported that Khalil had denied that Hamas carried out a massacre in Israel on that day, accusing Israel and Western media of fabricating reports of what had happened. He subsequently blamed “the Zionists” after Instagram restricted his account. Following proceedings before the Medical Practitioners Tribunal, the Tribunal found Khalil’s fitness to practise to be impaired and imposed a nine-month suspension.

Public Reaction and Consequences

UKLFI publicly welcomed the outcome. A UKLFI spokesperson said: “We welcome the Tribunal’s finding that Dr Khalil’s fitness to practise is impaired and its decision to suspend him for nine months. The material we reported went far beyond legitimate criticism of Israel. It included ‘Death to Israel’, threats to wipe Israelis from the face of the earth, and grossly offensive references to the Torah, Talmud, Moses and Jewish prophets. Doctors occupy positions of enormous trust. Jewish and Israeli patients must be able to enter a hospital without wondering whether the doctor responsible for their care harbours this degree of hostility towards them or their community. This case also demonstrates why it is important that extreme and hateful social-media activity by healthcare professionals is taken seriously by their regulators.”

The organisation’s central argument to the GMC — that the material showed Jewish or Israeli patients could not have confidence in being treated by him — was the frame in which the case reached the Tribunal, and the nine-month suspension was the sanction that followed the finding of impaired fitness to practise.

Current Status

As of 14 September 2026, Khalil is suspended from practising medicine for nine months. The GMC described the suspension as an “immediate suspension beginning from 14 September 2026”, while also stating that the substantive outcome would come into effect on 13 October unless Khalil appeals; he has 28 days in which to appeal the decision. The full written determination is expected to be published by the Medical Practitioners Tribunal Service. The case was heard as a regulatory fitness to practise matter; the reporting describes no criminal proceedings arising from it.

Impact on Their Career/Life

The Tribunal’s finding of impaired fitness to practise and the nine-month suspension take Khalil out of clinical practice for the duration of the order, and the finding remains part of his record with the regulator. The impairment finding arose from his social media activity — posts reported to the GMC by UKLFI — rather than from any account of his surgical work. His route to challenge the outcome is the 28-day appeal window the GMC described; if he does not appeal, the substantive outcome takes effect on 13 October 2026. The case stands as an example of a doctor facing regulatory consequences for off-duty social media conduct, an outcome UKLFI framed as a message that “extreme and hateful social-media activity by healthcare professionals is taken seriously by their regulators”.