A boy waves a Palestinian flag over a city devastated by Israeli bombardment, in Khan Younis, Gaza. In April, Israeli forces withdrew from Khan Younis, which had become an epicenter of the war, and citizens began to return and recover something of everyday life. However, further Israeli incursions to the city occurred later in the year, and continued into 2025.
Israel continued its war on Gaza throughout 2024, leaving much of the territory in ruins, and controlling and blocking the inflow of aid, including food, medical, and humanitarian aid. The situation worsened after May 2024 when Israeli forces seized control of the Gaza side of Rafah and its crossing, after which the crossing was closed, further impacting medical evacuations and the entry of humanitarian aid.
The UN reports more than 60 percent of homes in Gaza have been destroyed and 95 percent of hospitals are non-functional; more than 200 schools have been destroyed or damaged since the beginning of the war. According to a Forensic Architecture analysis, Israel has also destroyed approximately 40 percent of the land in Gaza previously used for food production. 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: more than 80 local journalists and media workers were killed in Gaza in 2024. 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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