Gaza in a thousand faces: Two years of Israel’s genocide

Gaza in a thousand faces: Two years of Israel’s genocide

After explosions tear through their neighborhoods, many children cling to the arms of rescuers with their shocked eyes.

Small bodies are instantly destroyed, homes are instantly destroyed, and youth’s innocence replaced by trauma in some images, which are too horrifying to depict.

These faces, who were once vibrant and full of life, sag and sag, becoming sagging and lifeless as hunger and loss take hold.

A child with a broken arm covered in plaster and lying on a hospital floor covered in blood is depicted in one of Ashraf Amra’s images, which were taken on May 21, 2024. The blood on the floor seeping closer to his uninjured shoulder as he fixedly gazes at the camera.

Following Israeli attacks on the Bureij refugee camp in Deir el-Balah, one of the injured Palestinians who was taken to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital was him.

[Main image provided by Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency]

Women in Gaza also carry heavy loads, both physically and emotionally, including mothers, teachers, doctors, journalists, and caregivers. Some are influenced by their faith in churches or mosques.

After having previously experienced similar circumstances, the older generation is seeing displacement.

Inas Abu Maamar, 36, a Palestinian woman, poses with her 5-year-old niece Sally, who was killed in an Israeli attack on October 17, 2023, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip.

Mohammad Salem, a photographer, was present at the hospital morgue that day.

He said the image “speaks a powerful and depressing moment,” and it “speaks to the general perception of what was happening in the Gaza Strip.”

People were perplexed, running, and worried about the fate of their loved ones, and this woman caught my attention as she held the young girl’s body and resisted to leave.

The image then won the 2024 World Press Photo of the Year award for capturing the heartbreaking pain and chaos experienced by those affected by the Gaza attacks.

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Mohammed Salem’s [Main image/Reuters]

Many of the men pictured are carrying heavy, shrouded bodies.

Young men and rescue workers, who frequently serve as first responders and civilians, brave the rubble.

Each man’s face reflects exhaustion, grief, and the urgent need to intervene in the chaos of the world, and each shrouded body reveals a tale of tragedy and sudden loss.

A man is seen carrying the body of a child who was killed overnight by Israeli bombing at the al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza City, according to an image taken by Omar Al-Qattaa.

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Omar Al-Qattaa’s [Main image] is the subject of this image.

Source: Aljazeera

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