Palestinian Photographer Wins 2024 World Press Photo of the Year Award

Ramallah, MINA – Palestinian photographer Mohammed Salem won the best International Press Photo award for 2024 for his photo showing a Palestinian woman cradling the body of her five-year-old niece in the Gaza Strip, WAFA reported.

Salem, a Reuters photographer, took the photo on October 17, 2023, at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza, where families were searching for relatives killed during Israeli bombing of the Palestinian enclave.

Salem’s winning photo portrays Inas Abu Maamar, 36, sobbing while holding the body of her little niece sally, covered with a sheet, in the hospital morgue.

The Amsterdam-based World Press Photo Foundation said while announcing its annual awards that it is important to recognize the risks facing journalists who cover the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip.

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It is noteworthy that more than 100 journalists and media workers were killed during their press coverage of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip since October 7, 2023.

The ongoing Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip has resulted in 33,899 documented Palestinian fatalities, in addition to 76,664 injuries since October 7, 2023.

Moreover, at least 7,000 people are unaccounted for, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes throughout the Strip.(T/R3/RE1)

Mi’raj News Agency (MINA)