On Saturday night, Mosa'ab Elshamy,
an Egyptian photographer who has beautifully chronicled the revolution
and its aftermath in his home country, finally made it into Gaza through
a tunnel from the south. His first stop was the hospital in Rafah,
Gaza's southernmost city, where he met with some of those wounded during
the past week of Israeli airstrikes. Since then he has been documenting the ongoing crisis from inside the Gaza Strip.
A selection of his photographs from the crisis can be seen at Foreign Policy magazine.
--Joshua Hersh
Bombing here usually occurs on two phases. First, a drone fires a rocket, which is sort of a sign for owners to leave. Ten minutes later, an Israeli F-16 comes swooping over and blows up the whole place. This builds some sort of anticipation and anxiety for what's coming. Some people take cover, but interestingly most people go nearby to watch it happen right in front of them. Other journalists and I then went to Gaza City. Since we arrived, we have witnessed the two deadliest days of bombing, I think. It's getting worse. We were here when the al-Dallo family was massacred: Nine members of the family, including six children. We've largely laid low at night when the bombing gets most intense, and spent the day mostly at hospitals or destroyed families' houses.
A selection of his photographs from the crisis can be seen at Foreign Policy magazine.
--Joshua Hersh
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