Gaza’s 25 -year -old Palestinian photo journalist Fatima Hassauna was killed on 16 April in an Israeli air strike. Ms. Hasauna, who had spent the last 18 months, was killed a few days before her marriage, reducing the war around her.
According to The Guardian, the strike, which hit his house in North Gaza, also claimed the life of 10 members of his family, including her pregnant sister.
Ms. Hasauna had long been aware of her work risks and the existing dangers in a conflict field. Nevertheless, he chose to face them, determining that his story-and his people would be heard.
According to a report in CNN“If I die, I want a brilliant death, I don’t want me in immediate news, nor a number with a group.”
He said, “I want a death that listens to the world, an influence that lives for the age limit, and immortal images that neither time nor space burial.”
Life spent behind the lens
The body of Ms. Hasauna’s work captured the harsh realities of life in Gaza, since the air strikes to the moments of flexibility in front of the destruction. His pictures shared widely on social media platforms such as Instagram and Facebook reflect both suffering and disregard.
She continued to work even after her house was destroyed, even when 11 members of her extended family were killed in previous attacks. As CNNHis parents survived the latest strike but are now in severe condition and are getting treatment in intensive care.
Hamza Hasauna, Fatima Hasauna’s cousin, recalled the incident in an interview CNN On 18 April.
“I was sitting suddenly two rockets fell, one next to me and one in a living room. The house fell on us, and everything was a disaster,” he said.
Israel’s response
The Israeli army confirmed the air strike but said it was a target attack on Hamas’s operative. In a statement published on 16 April, the Israel Defense Force (IDF) stated that the target “Hamas” was a terrorist in the Gaza City Brigade “and claimed that measures were taken to reduce the number of civilians.
The impact of the attack has condemned the press freedom groups.
Angry from journalist associations
Palestinian Journalists Center for Protection Center (PJPC) described the strike as “crime” against journalists and violation of international law.
In a statement, as stated by CNN, The Center said, “Powerful pictures of Fatima, which have documented life under the seas, were published globally, throwing light on the human toll of war.”
PJPC further stated that the strike location on Al-Nafak Street in Gaza city-suggested a target hit of his family, which not only endanger his life, but his entire family.
A voice for Gaza in life and film
Ms. Hasauna’s work and voice was designed to reach a comprehensive audience with the upcoming release of a documentary about her life. Directed by Iranian filmmaker Sepide Persian, Put Your Sol on Your Hand and Walk, was to be screened at an independent French Film Festival running parallel to the Cannes Film Festival.
Documentation of the reality of daily life in the film Gaza is through a series of video exchanges between sepide Persian and Ms. Hasauna. “She became my eyes in Gaza … fierce and full of life. I shot her laughter, her tears, her hopes and her depression,” Ms. Persian told Deadline, as quoted by. Mentor,
Ms. Persian, who lives in exile in France, said that she was destroyed by the news of Hasauna’s death. “She was such a light, so talented. When you watch the film, you will understand,” she was said.
Ms. Persian had spoken to Fatima Hasuna a few hours before her death, inviting her to attend the film screening in the ear.
“We both discussed a trip to France in May, to present a documentary in the ear with me, because he is the main hero,” Ms. Persian told CNN“I thought it was a mistake when I heard about his death.”
After the news of his death, Sepid Persian shared Picture of both of them on Facebook.
“My last image is a smile. I am clinging to today,” she wrote with the picture.
Fatima Hasauna’s last post on Facebook, was uploaded less than a week before her death, a range of photographs of fishermen by the sea by the sea by the fishermen of Gaza with a small poem.