The desperation inside Gaza as food became increasingly and dangerously scarce was abundantly clear in the video and photos our team in Gaza captured in recent days.
Our exclusive footage and images, used extensively by our customers, show Palestinians clambering over trucks, snatching at whatever they can get their hands on, and hunting for food for their families despite the dangers of fast-moving trucks, nearby Israeli army positions and gangs also seeking the food.
With international experts declaring the “worst-case scenario of famine” has now arrived in the territory, AP’s team in Gaza broadcast live images to the world of aid dropping out of the sky on parachutes.
The airdrops were quickly taken over by desperate crowds, at times even driving Palestinians into the sea to rescue aid that landed indiscriminately. AP was there filming live as thousands returned from aid delivery points, some with sacks of food on their backs, others carrying the injured, the dead, and many carrying nothing at all. These live feeds were unmatched by the competition. The photos of starving children that AP’s team in Gaza took were used on front pages around the world. Every detail of these cases was checked, cross-checked and forensically examined to ensure our reporting was accurate and met all of AP’s standards. These were the images that, among others, shocked the world — and international condemnation followed.
This AP team has worked on many powerful human stories, including the Sobh family, who wake up every morning in their tent in the Gaza Strip to the same question: How will they find food for themselves and their six young children?
The judges noted that AP is no stranger to covering conflicts, but for our team inside Gaza, they too are delivering these exclusive and powerful images and stories in grueling conditions.
For their journalism, endurance after nearly two years of brutal conflict, and their commitment, AP’s team in Gaza wins Best of the Week.
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