Vox Populi, Vox Dei is a daily column that runs on Page 1 of The Asahi Shimbun.
December 23, 2024 at 13:38 JST
Palestinian Inas Abu Maamar, 36, embraces the body of her 5-year-old niece Saly, who was killed in an Israeli missile strike, at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on Oct. 17, 2023. Photographer Mohammed Salem was in the city of Khan Younis in Gaza at the Nasser Hospital morgue. “It was a powerful and a sad moment, and I felt the picture sums up the broader sense of what was happening in the Gaza Strip,” he said. “People were confused, running from one place to another, anxious to know the fate of their loved ones, and this woman caught my eye as she was holding the body of the little girl and refused to let go.” (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)
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