By Jack Gramenz and Luke Costin in Sydney

Two nurses face criminal investigation for suggesting Israeli patients at Australian hospitals would be denied treatment or killed, in a widely shared video.

NSW Health executives overseeing 180,000 staff worked to identify the pair hours after they appeared in footage posted online early on Wednesday.

The two nurses were on what will become their final shift, using a website for random video chats when they spoke with an Israeli influencer, who posted the interaction on social media to his more than 100,000 followers.

Police were sent to Bankstown Hospital, in Sydney’s southwest, to find the pair after the emergence of the footage, which was condemned by the prime minister as containing “vile” anti-Semitic statements.

A male nurse wearing a NSW Health uniform claimed he was a doctor in the video, telling the Israeli he was “so upset” after hearing where he was from.

“Eventually you’re going to get killed and you’re going to go to (hell),” the nurse said.

“It’s Palestine’s country, not your country,” a female nurse entering the frame added.

“One day your time will come … you will die the most disgusting death,” she said.

“How are you doctors?” the Israeli man asked, questioning what would happen if someone from his country attended the hospital.

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

“You have no idea how many Israeli … came to this hospital and … I send them to (hell),” the man added.

The Israeli man encouraged viewers to share the video, which contained visible edits, to get the pair fired.

A task force targeting anti-Semitism was investigating the threats made in the video, NSW Police said.

Health Minister Ryan Park said the two nurses had been identified and investigators were attending the hospital where they worked a night shift hours earlier.

“These people will never work in NSW hospitals again,” he said.

Mr Park also advised any workers who sympathised with the duo’s views not to return to work.

“Do not turn up in uniform tomorrow if you think for one moment … (we) will tolerate this sort of behaviour from healthcare professionals who the community relies on every day,” he said.

An initial investigation of incidents and safety issues found no indication the claims that Israeli patients had been denied treatment or killed were true, Mr Park said.

A more thorough investigation would follow, he added.

The vile and disgusting comments required police investigation for possible criminal breaches of hate-speech laws, Mr Park said.

“There could be a range of other issues around their individual responsibilities as NSW Health employees,” he added.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the video was “vile” and the pair had rightly been placed under investigation.

“These anti-Semitic comments, driven by hate, have no place in our health system and no place anywhere in Australia,” he said.

“Individuals found to have committed criminal anti-Semitic acts will face the full force of our laws,” he said.

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president David Ossip said the video captured deplorable rhetoric.

“That anyone feels comfortable spewing this hatred while wearing NSW branded scrubs is sickening,” he said.

“No healthcare worker who holds these views should be registered in Australia,” he added.

NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association acting general secretary Michael Whaites said practitioners were bound by a code of conduct to care for all people.

“As a union representing the professions of nursing and midwifery we stand for peace, we stand for love, and we defend the global human right to healthcare,” he said.

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