A Palestinian carrying the body of a murdered boy after Israeli mobile artillery fired shells at Beit Lahiya in the northern Gaza Strip July 6, 2006. (MaanImages/Mohamed al-Zanon)
MaanImages photographer Mohammed al-Zanon treated at the al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City July 8, 2006. Mohamed was hit several times by Israeli fire when covering the incursion east of Gaza City. (MaanImages/Thaeer al-Hassany)
Updated: Ma’an report.
Mohammad Az Zanoun, 20, is a new recruit who suddenly found himself in the middle of a war. He insists on being the messenger of his people because he wants to tell the world about his people’s suffering through photos and pictures. He thought that his honest photos might move the hearts and conscience of the world.
The young photographer was seriously shot and injured by shrapnel from Israeli projectiles. One hit his mouth and teeth and cut his finger. The other hit him on his body. In spite of that, he continued to work, strangely insistent. Then the Israeli soldiers aimed their weapons directly at him and shot him in the stomach. He fell instantly to the ground with his camera.
Eyewitnesses said that he fell to the ground shouting, “Where is the camera? There are many photos in it which are witness to the killing of Palestinians; there are many photos of the Palestinians who have been killed.”