First Place
Paolo Pellegrin
Magnum Photos
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"VICTIMS OF OPERATION CAST LEAD"
Between 27 December 2008 and 18 January 2009, the Israeli military carried out an attack on the Gaza Strip named Operation Cast Lead. The magnitude of the harm to the population was unprecedented: 1,385 Palestinians were killed, 762 of whom did not take part in the hostilities. Of these, 318 were minors under age 18. More than 5,300 Palestinians were wounded. Israel also caused enormous damage to residential dwellings, industrial buildings, agriculture and infrastructure for electricity, sanitation, water, and health, which was on the verge of collapse prior to the operation. According to UN figures, Israel destroyed more than 3,500 residential dwellings and 20,000 people were left homeless. Following are a series of portraits of Palestinian civilians, that bear the physical wounds of operation Cast Lead.
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Abdel Jadua, 20, is seen in Gaza, Palestine in 2012. Abdel was sleeping on January 5th, 2009 when he heard an explosion nearby. Subsequently he went out onto the balcony with his brothers and they where all hit by a rocket, which immediately killed one of his brothers. A second rocket hit the balcony again, and they fell from the 4th floor, which killed his two other brothers. Abdel had 22 operations in Egypt, and was in a coma for 4 months. His skull, nose, mouth and eyes were severely damaged and he still has shrapnel pieces inside his throat and neck. Abdel formerly worked as an electrician, but now he is unemployed. He is married, and has one child.
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