Israel continued its war on Gaza throughout 2024, leaving much of it in ruins. The UN reports more than 60% of homes have been destroyed and 95% of hospitals are non-functional. Nearly two million people have been displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicines, due to Israeli restrictions.
With international journalists effectively barred from Gaza, local photographers risked their lives to document the war. The photographer, who has also lost family members, says: “Every time I photograph a destroyed house, I remember mine. Every time the wounded and martyred are pulled from the rubble, I remember my father and siblings.”
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2025 Photo Contest - West, Central, and South Asia - Stories
Gaza Under Israeli Attack
Photographer
Ali Jadallah
Anadolu Agency
Shutter Speed
1/8000
Focal length
16-35mm
F-Stop
f/2.8
ISO
320
Camera
EOS-1D X Mark III
Jury comment
The jury felt this work offers a critical representation of the industrial scale of violence experienced daily by Gazans. Despite the story's graphic imagery, the project serves as a powerful record of the immense human cost and destruction endured by civilians. Additionally, it underscores the vital role of Gazan photographers in bearing witness to these ongoing atrocities, ensuring that the world does not look away especially as international journalists are barred entry.