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ISTANBUL, TURKIYE - FEBRUARY 29: Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian photojournalist who worked and first handedly saw the Israeli attacks in the Gaza for 107 days, examines the Evidence book released by Anadolu which contains the weapons and tactics used by Israel on Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkiye on February 29, 2024. (Photo by Mustafa Hassouna/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who has been documenting the impact of the war between Israel and the Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, stands in a street in the central part of the Palestinian territory on December 18, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP)
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Motaz Azaiza speaks to Palestinian-American businessman Ahmed Beseiso’s family members shortly before they left Gaza in November. Photo courtesy Ahmed Beseiso
A mural of Motaz Azaiza in Manchester, Britain. Reuters
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A mural depicting Motaz Azaiza in front of a Palestinian flag painted on a shop blind in Tower Hamlets, east London. Getty Images
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Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza speaks at the Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London. Reuters
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Motaz Azaiza said: 'I was a beauty maker, and now I’m a photographer of destruction' at an event marking the 1948 Nakba, in London. @Motaz_Azaiza / Instagram
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Motaz Azaiza with Najla Saïd at the Pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University, New York, US. Photo: Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine
Motaz Azaiza cradles a child wounded in an air strike in Gaza
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ISTANBUL, TURKIYE - FEBRUARY 29: Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian photojournalist who worked and first handedly saw the Israeli attacks in the Gaza for 107 days, examines the Evidence book released by Anadolu which contains the weapons and tactics used by Israel on Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkiye on February 29, 2024. (Photo by Mustafa Hassouna/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza, who has been documenting the impact of the war between Israel and the Hamas group in the Gaza Strip, stands in a street in the central part of the Palestinian territory on December 18, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed ABED / AFP)
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Motaz Azaiza speaks to Palestinian-American businessman Ahmed Beseiso’s family members shortly before they left Gaza in November. Photo courtesy Ahmed Beseiso
A mural of Motaz Azaiza in Manchester, Britain. Reuters
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A mural depicting Motaz Azaiza in front of a Palestinian flag painted on a shop blind in Tower Hamlets, east London. Getty Images
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Palestinian photojournalist Motaz Azaiza speaks at the Sir Harry Evans Investigative Journalism Summit in London. Reuters
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Motaz Azaiza said: 'I was a beauty maker, and now I’m a photographer of destruction' at an event marking the 1948 Nakba, in London. @Motaz_Azaiza / Instagram
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Motaz Azaiza with Najla Saïd at the Pro-Palestinian encampment at Columbia University, New York, US. Photo: Columbia Students for Justice in Palestine
Motaz Azaiza cradles a child wounded in an air strike in Gaza
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ISTANBUL, TURKIYE - FEBRUARY 29: Motaz Azaiza, Palestinian photojournalist who worked and first handedly saw the Israeli attacks in the Gaza for 107 days, examines the Evidence book released by Anadolu which contains the weapons and tactics used by Israel on Gaza, in Istanbul, Turkiye on February 29, 2024. (Photo by Mustafa Hassouna/Anadolu via Getty Images)
'I lost my city': Gazan photographer Motaz Azaiza in tears at London event marking Nakba
Hundreds gather in Westminster to hear stories from poets and writers about the 1948 displacement of Palestinians
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