Ibrahim Nofal’s photograph of his mother, Muneera, receiving treatment on June 20, 2025, after being hit by shrapnel from an Israeli attack. She died shortly after. Photo: Ibrahim Nofal

Israel killed six journalists with an airstrike on a press tent in Gaza City last month. Among the dead in the August 10 attack were Al Jazeera correspondent Anas Al-Sharif and his colleague, photojournalist Mohammad Nofal.

In the days leading up to the killing, I had been speaking with Mohamed’s brother and fellow photojournalist, Ibrahim Nofal, 27, about what it’s like to be a photojournalist in Gaza today, to witness horror and massacres.

“This is the only thing I know how to do,” he said. “Every person here has a role in this war. Mine is to document. If I don’t photograph it, this moment will

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