Israel Kills Gazan Photojournalist Selected to Screen Doc at Cannes Festival

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An Israeli airstrike on Gaza has killed the Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, who documented everyday life under blockade in Gaza, according to CNN.

Before her demise, Hassouna collaborated with Iranian filmmaker Sepideh Farsi to produce a documentary on how people live in Gaza during Israel’s ongoing genocide.

Interestingly, her film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk was selected this week for screening at this Cannes Film Festival.

The Israeli airstrike that targeted Hassouna’s family home in Gaza came just a day after Acid, a Cannes sidebar dedicated to independent cinema, announced the selection of her work. Moreover, the attack killed nine of her family members.

“If I die, I want a loud death. I don’t want to be in a breaking news story, nor in a number with a group. I want a death that is heard by the world, a trace that lasts forever, and immortal images that neither time nor place can bury,” Hassouna wrote this post before her death.

Farsi described Hassouna as “a sun” in an interview with France’s Le Monde.

The Iranian director noted that Hassouna was constantly sending daily images, messages and voice notes despite the dangers. “Every morning, I would wake up and wonder if she was still alive,” Farsi added.

“Her smile was as magical as her tenacity: bearing witness, photographing Gaza, distributing food despite bombs, grief and hunger. Her story reached us and we rejoiced at each of her appearances to know she was alive; we feared for her. Yesterday, we learnt with horror that an Israeli missile targeted her building,” Acid wrote on social media.

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