First Place
Paolo Pellegrin
Magnum Photos
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"VICTIMS OF OPERATION CAST LEAD"
Ahmed Samir Asfour, 23, is seen in Khan Younis, Gaza, Palestine in 2012. Ahmed was hit twice by drones while he was going to the noon prayer with his three cousins, on Friday January 9, 2009. After one day in hospital, he was transferred to Egypt for 10 months where he underwent 10 operations. He lost two fingers, his pancreas and has many shrapnel wounds all over his body. His family tried to move him to St. Joseph Hospital in Jerusalem in coordination with the IDF, but when they arrived at the Erez checkpoint Ahmed was assumed to have connections with the Goldstone report, so he was taken to jail. He stayed there for 30 months while they moved him from Ashkelon to the military hospital in Be'er Sheva. The familiy received the first call from Ahmed after 15 months. On April 2012, he was released and returned to Gaza. Because he lost his pancreas, he has to receive four injections of insulin every day.
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