18/01/2026
"OUT OF GAZA-SAMAR ABU ELOUF"
Samar Abu Elouf is an award-winning Palestinian photojournalist based in Gaza. Her work documents events where she lives, focusing on gender, women’s, and children’s lives, and the consequences of war, covering the events unfolding around her.
Since 2010, she has worked as a freelance photojournalist on assignment for Reuters, The New York Times, and other international outlets. She documented the 2018–2019 Great March of Return and, in May 2021, covered the 11 days of fighting between Israel and Hamas, during which more than 230 people were killed, including several of her relatives. Abu Elouf is the 10th Anja Niedringhaus Courage in Photojournalism Award recipient and the World Press Photo 2025 Photo of the Year winner.
1.Mahmoud Ajjour, 9 years old, had both arms amputated in a bombing in Gaza City, Gaza, Palestine, and is now receiving treatment in Qatar. 28 June 2024.
2.Ruba Abu Jibba lost an eye during shelling as her family was fleeing Israeli tanks in Gaza, Palestine. She and some other badly wounded Gazans survived a war that has killed tens of thousands. They made it out for medical treatment in Qatar. Photographed in Qatar, on 6 September 2024.
3.Basant Al-Louh suffered chemical burns, shrapnel wounds to her face, and an amputated ear. She also lost her parents in the bombing of their home in the city of Deir al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, Gaza, Palestine. Photographed in Qatar, 21 August 2024.
4.The child Dareen Al-Bayaa, 10 years old, and her brother Kenan Al-Bayaa, 5 years old, are the only survivors of their family. They lost 70 members of their family, all of whom were first- and second-degree relatives, including their mother, father, and grandparents. The photo was taken in their apartment in the State of Qatar. 11 August 2024.
Source: World Press Photo:-Connecting the world to the stories that matter
