'Artillery Shell'

Spot News, third prize stories

4/1/2009

An artillery shell explodes in mid-air over Gaza on 4 January. At the end of December 2008, Israel launched an offensive on Gaza that lasted for three weeks. Palestinian sources said that 1,409 people had been killed, of which 916 were civilian; Israeli sources registered 1,166 dead, of which 295 were civilian and 162 'unknown'. Israeli fatalities numbered 13.

Commissioned by: Agence France-Presse

Photo Credit: Mohammed Abed

The Palestinian photojournalist Mohammed Abed (1968) studied journalism at the Islamic University in Gaza. He received a masters diploma in media in Egypt. From 1991 to 2001 he worked for Reuters, since 2003 has been associated with AFP.

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