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Mohammed Salem

巴勒斯坦籍，生於1985年

巴勒斯坦女子緊抱著姪女的遺體

2023年10月17日，加薩，汗尤尼斯。Inas Abu Maamar（36歲）將姪女Saly（5歲）的遺體緊抱在懷裡。因以色列的飛彈空襲，Saly與另外四位家庭成員命喪家園。

以色列—哈馬斯戰爭爆發之初，以色列指示加薩的居民往南撤離以策安全。然而根據《衛報》和半島電視台的報導，以色列自10月中旬起就猛烈地轟炸加薩南部的汗尤尼斯。許多遇難者是幾天前就已離開加薩市的家庭。根據聯合國人權事務高級專員辦事處的數據，到2023年底，加薩的死亡人數中，巴勒斯坦的婦女和兒童佔了三分之二以上。這位攝影師在自己的妻子剛生完孩子的幾天後拍攝了這張照片，他形容這照片記錄了「衝擊而悲傷的一刻，總結了我們面對加薩地區處境的複雜感受」。

Mohammed Salem為路透社拍攝這組照片。

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Mohammed Salem

Palestinian, born 1985

A Palestinian Woman Embraces the Body of Her Niece

Inas Abu Maamar (36) cradles the body of her niece Saly (5) who was killed, along with four other family members, when an Israeli missile struck their home. Khan Younis, Gaza, 17 October 2023

At the outset of the Israel-Hamas war, Israel instructed Gazans to evacuate to the south for their safety. Yet, according to reports from The Guardian and Al Jazeera, Israeli airstrikes heavily bombarded Khan Younis in southern Gaza from mid-October. Many of those killed were families who had left Gaza City days earlier. By the end of 2023, Palestinian women and children accounted for more than two-thirds of the death toll in Gaza, according to OHCHR. The photographer describes this photo, taken just days after his own wife gave birth, as a “powerful and sad moment that sums up the broader sense of what was happening in the Gaza Strip.”

Mohammed Salem made this image on assignment for Reuters.