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    Rafah, Gaza strip, June 2010. Most if not all the goods sold in this busy market street in Rafah, is brought from Egypt through the tunnels.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Juin 2010
    1314
    Juin 2010
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    Rafah, Gaza strip, June 2010. Most if not all the goods sold in this busy market street in Rafah, is brought from Egypt through the tunnels.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Rafah, Gaza strip, June 2010. A year and a half after operation ‘Cast Lead’, the tunnels are still the only lifeline for a million and a half people since the beginning of the Israeli blockade in 2006.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Juin 2010
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    Juin 2010
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    Rafah, Gaza strip, June 2010. A year and a half after operation ‘Cast Lead’, the tunnels are still the only lifeline for a million and a half people since the beginning of the Israeli blockade in 2006.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Gaza City, Gaza strip, June 2010. The Friday prayer in one of the city mosques.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Juin 2010
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    Juin 2010
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    Gaza City, Gaza strip, June 2010. The Friday prayer in one of the city mosques.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip, June 2010. Eighteen months after operation ‘Cast Lead’, building materials are still collected from the rubble of destroyed buildings to be recycled as Israel still imposes a virtually total embargo on cement and steel.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Juin 2010
    1309
    Juin 2010
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip, June 2010. Eighteen months after operation ‘Cast Lead’, building materials are still collected from the rubble of destroyed buildings to be recycled as Israel still imposes a virtually total embargo on cement and steel.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Gaza City, Gaza strip, June 2010. Gaza markets suffer badly from the Israeli imposed embargo and the consequent catastrophic economical situation.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Juin 2010
    1308
    Juin 2010
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    Gaza City, Gaza strip, June 2010. Gaza markets suffer badly from the Israeli imposed embargo and the consequent catastrophic economical situation.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Jabbalya, Gaza strip,
    June 2010.
    Eighteen months after operation ‘Cast Lead’, Gaza’s economical situation is still critical; children help their father for small tasks in their family furniture business.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Juin 2010
    1307
    Juin 2010
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    Jabbalya, Gaza strip,
    June 2010.
    Eighteen months after operation ‘Cast Lead’, Gaza’s economical situation is still critical; children help their father for small tasks in their family furniture business.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Roman Catholic clergy hold candles as they circle the Stone of Unction during an Easter procession. The stone marks the 13th Station of the Cross. 2010
    © Gali Tibbon
    01/05/2010
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    01/05/2010
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Roman Catholic clergy hold candles as they circle the Stone of Unction during an Easter procession. The stone marks the 13th Station of the Cross. 2010
    © Gali Tibbon

     

  • ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Roman Catholic priests pray in front of Christ's Tomb during Easter Sunday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Tomb is the 14th and final Station of the Cross. 2010
    © Gali Tibbon
    28/04/2010
    1612
    28/04/2010
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Roman Catholic priests pray in front of Christ's Tomb during Easter Sunday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Tomb is the 14th and final Station of the Cross. 2010
    © Gali Tibbon

     

  • ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    A Serbian Orthodox pilgrim holds her wooden cross after completing the Via Dolorosa during Good Friday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The term Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrows) became popular in the 16th century and its fourteen stations as walked today are a 19th century tradition of the Franciscan monks. 2010
    © Gali Tibbon
    10/04/2010
    1604
    10/04/2010
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    A Serbian Orthodox pilgrim holds her wooden cross after completing the Via Dolorosa during Good Friday at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The term Via Dolorosa (Way of Sorrows) became popular in the 16th century and its fourteen stations as walked today are a 19th century tradition of the Franciscan monks. 2010
    © Gali Tibbon

     

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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Franciscan monks pray at the Chapel of St. Helena in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. By mission of the Pope, the Franciscan Order has served as Custodian of the Holy Sites of the Holy Land since the 14th century. 2010
    © Gali Tibbon
    10/04/2010
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    10/04/2010
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Franciscan monks pray at the Chapel of St. Helena in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. By mission of the Pope, the Franciscan Order has served as Custodian of the Holy Sites of the Holy Land since the 14th century. 2010
    © Gali Tibbon

     

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    East Jerusalem,
    23 November 2009.
    The Ghawi family have been illegally evicted by Israeli settlers in August 2009 from the Sheikh Jarrah house they bought from the UN in 1956. Lately, Israel multiply these actions that amount to illegal ethnic cleansing accorrding to international law. Furthermore, these actions occur in territories occupied after the 1967 war.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    23/11/2009
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    23/11/2009
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    East Jerusalem,
    23 November 2009.
    The Ghawi family have been illegally evicted by Israeli settlers in August 2009 from the Sheikh Jarrah house they bought from the UN in 1956. Lately, Israel multiply these actions that amount to illegal ethnic cleansing accorrding to international law. Furthermore, these actions occur in territories occupied after the 1967 war.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Jabbalya Camp, Gaza strip, November 22, 2009. The house of Youssef Nejjar was severely damaged overnight, 6 members of his family including himself were wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombed a metal workshop next door suspected to build Qassam rockets.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    22/11/2009
    1310
    22/11/2009
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    Jabbalya Camp, Gaza strip, November 22, 2009. The house of Youssef Nejjar was severely damaged overnight, 6 members of his family including himself were wounded when the Israeli Air Force bombed a metal workshop next door suspected to build Qassam rockets.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Rafah, Gaza strip, November 2009. It is estimated that more than 800 tunnels run under the 14km long Gaza/Egypt border; these tunnels are the only lifeline for a million and a half people since the beginning of the Israeli blockade in 2006. Sheeps and cattle are hurried under the border in preparation for the Eid al Atta celebration.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Novembre 2009
    1312
    Novembre 2009
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    Rafah, Gaza strip, November 2009. It is estimated that more than 800 tunnels run under the 14km long Gaza/Egypt border; these tunnels are the only lifeline for a million and a half people since the beginning of the Israeli blockade in 2006. Sheeps and cattle are hurried under the border in preparation for the Eid al Atta celebration.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    November 2009.
    Almost a year after operation ‘Cast Lead’, inhabitants are still cleaning up the rubles of their homes, trying to recycle all possible material as Gaza is still under complete blockade from Israel, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Novembre 2009
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    Novembre 2009
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    November 2009.
    Almost a year after operation ‘Cast Lead’, inhabitants are still cleaning up the rubles of their homes, trying to recycle all possible material as Gaza is still under complete blockade from Israel, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment..
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    1305
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    November 2009.
    Almost a year after operation ‘Cast Lead’, building materials are still collected from the rubble of destroyed buildings to be recycled as Israel still imposes a virtually total embargo on cement and steel.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Novembre 2009
    1305
    Novembre 2009
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    November 2009.
    Almost a year after operation ‘Cast Lead’, building materials are still collected from the rubble of destroyed buildings to be recycled as Israel still imposes a virtually total embargo on cement and steel.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Har Homa, West Bank,
    November 2009.
    The huge new Har Homa settlement between Bethleem and East Jerusalem completes the encirclement of the city including its eastern part by the Israelis, in contravention to numerous UN resolution and international laws.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Novembre 2009
    1304
    Novembre 2009
    Ground
    Har Homa, West Bank,
    November 2009.
    The huge new Har Homa settlement between Bethleem and East Jerusalem completes the encirclement of the city including its eastern part by the Israelis, in contravention to numerous UN resolution and international laws.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Ramallah, West Bank,
    November 2009.
    Yasser Arafat mausoleum in the Muqata’a complex, the late Palestinian president is buried facing Jerusalem, less than 14km away...
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Novembre 2009
    1300
    Novembre 2009
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    Ramallah, West Bank,
    November 2009.
    Yasser Arafat mausoleum in the Muqata’a complex, the late Palestinian president is buried facing Jerusalem, less than 14km away...
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Erez check point, Nov. 2009. An iron tunnel, more than half a kilometer long separates the newly built, automated and impersonal Israeli terminal from the Palestinian immigration office; the rare people allowed in and out of Gaza have to walk this sinister corridor carrying all their luggage with them.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    Novembre 2009
    1096
    Novembre 2009
    Ground
    Erez check point, Nov. 2009. An iron tunnel, more than half a kilometer long separates the newly built, automated and impersonal Israeli terminal from the Palestinian immigration office; the rare people allowed in and out of Gaza have to walk this sinister corridor carrying all their luggage with them.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Romanian worshippers rest their heads on an altar at the Chapel of St. Longinus in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Longinus was the Roman soldier who stabbed Jesus (and later became a believer). According to Orthodox tradition, if you place your ear over the altar you can hear the agony of Jesus. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon
    01/05/2009
    1586
    01/05/2009
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Romanian worshippers rest their heads on an altar at the Chapel of St. Longinus in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Longinus was the Roman soldier who stabbed Jesus (and later became a believer). According to Orthodox tradition, if you place your ear over the altar you can hear the agony of Jesus. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon

     

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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    The Rotunda of the Anastasis is filled with Latin clergy in ceremonial vestments circling the aedicule during an Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon
    28/04/2009
    1608
    28/04/2009
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    The Rotunda of the Anastasis is filled with Latin clergy in ceremonial vestments circling the aedicule during an Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon

     

  • ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Latin clergy hold candles as they circle the aedicule during an Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Roman Catholic Church is known in the Middle East as the "Latin" Church, a reference to Latin, the original language of its liturgy, which is still used today. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon
    09/04/2009
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    09/04/2009
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Latin clergy hold candles as they circle the aedicule during an Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The Roman Catholic Church is known in the Middle East as the "Latin" Church, a reference to Latin, the original language of its liturgy, which is still used today. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon

     

  • ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Dozens of worshippers carry a cross along the Via Dolorosa as they enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during the Good Friday procession. Legend says that almost immediately after the crucifixion of Jesus his followers began to retrace his steps to Golgotha. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon
    01/04/2009
    1611
    01/04/2009
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Dozens of worshippers carry a cross along the Via Dolorosa as they enter the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during the Good Friday procession. Legend says that almost immediately after the crucifixion of Jesus his followers began to retrace his steps to Golgotha. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon

     

  • ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    A Franciscan friar holds up a crucifix as he prays at Golgotha, which according to tradition is the rock upon which the cross of Christ stood during the crucifixion. It is also the 12th Station of the Cross. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon
    01/04/2009
    1609
    01/04/2009
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    A Franciscan friar holds up a crucifix as he prays at Golgotha, which according to tradition is the rock upon which the cross of Christ stood during the crucifixion. It is also the 12th Station of the Cross. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon

     

  • ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Christian worshippers pray over the Anointing Stone where according to tradition Jesus Christ was taken down from the cross and his body washed and wrapped with shrouds. Today pilgrims place their religious souvenirs on the stone to sanctify them. 2009


    © Gali Tibbon
    01/04/2009
    1607
    01/04/2009
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Christian worshippers pray over the Anointing Stone where according to tradition Jesus Christ was taken down from the cross and his body washed and wrapped with shrouds. Today pilgrims place their religious souvenirs on the stone to sanctify them. 2009


    © Gali Tibbon

     

  • ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Orthodox nuns carry palm branches and crucifixes during the Palm Sunday procession. The ceremony is a landmark in the Christian calendar, marking the triumphant return of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem the week before his crucifixion, when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon
    01/04/2009
    1606
    01/04/2009
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Orthodox nuns carry palm branches and crucifixes during the Palm Sunday procession. The ceremony is a landmark in the Christian calendar, marking the triumphant return of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem the week before his crucifixion, when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon

     

  • ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Orthodox pilgrims from Serbia carry wooden crosses as they stop at the 5th Station of the Cross during the Good Friday procession, passing the 14 Stations of the Cross which lead to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon
    01/04/2009
    1605
    01/04/2009
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Orthodox pilgrims from Serbia carry wooden crosses as they stop at the 5th Station of the Cross during the Good Friday procession, passing the 14 Stations of the Cross which lead to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon

     

  • ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Members of the Ethiopian church choir sing and dance as they celebrate the "Meskel", the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at the Ethiopian monastery on the roof of the Holy Sepulchre. The Elevation of the Holy Cross is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church; it commemorates the finding of the Cross by the Empress Helen mother of Constantine the Great. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon
    01/04/2009
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    01/04/2009
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Members of the Ethiopian church choir sing and dance as they celebrate the "Meskel", the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross at the Ethiopian monastery on the roof of the Holy Sepulchre. The Elevation of the Holy Cross is one of the Great Feasts of the Orthodox Church; it commemorates the finding of the Cross by the Empress Helen mother of Constantine the Great. 2009
    © Gali Tibbon

     

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    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem Anba Abraham leads a Sunday mass during Lent at the Coptic Chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The term “Coptic” is derived from the Greek “Aigyptos” meaning “Egyptian." Copts are Egyptians whose ancestors embraced Christianity in the first centuries after Christ. 2009


    © Gali Tibbon
    01/03/2009
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    01/03/2009
    ECHOES OF CHRISTIAN JERUSALEM
    Coptic Orthodox Archbishop of Jerusalem Anba Abraham leads a Sunday mass during Lent at the Coptic Chapel in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The term “Coptic” is derived from the Greek “Aigyptos” meaning “Egyptian." Copts are Egyptians whose ancestors embraced Christianity in the first centuries after Christ. 2009


    © Gali Tibbon

     

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    Gaza city, January 23, 2009.
    A Hamas policeman stands guard in front of the main Gaza City prison, destroyed by Israeli bombs.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    23/01/2009
    1296
    23/01/2009
    Ground
    Gaza city, January 23, 2009.
    A Hamas policeman stands guard in front of the main Gaza City prison, destroyed by Israeli bombs.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Ground
    Jabalya, Gaza Strip,
    January 23, 2009.
    Siham Abu Rachel, 34. her mother was killed when the Israeli army shelled their family home. Stunned inhabitants of Jabalya return to where their homes, farms and factories used to stand, only to find a huge rubble field. Not a wall is standing over a very large area on the eastern side of the village facing the israeli border.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    23/01/2009
    1295
    23/01/2009
    Ground
    Jabalya, Gaza Strip,
    January 23, 2009.
    Siham Abu Rachel, 34. her mother was killed when the Israeli army shelled their family home. Stunned inhabitants of Jabalya return to where their homes, farms and factories used to stand, only to find a huge rubble field. Not a wall is standing over a very large area on the eastern side of the village facing the israeli border.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1291
    Ground
    January 21, 2009.
    The day after the end of the war, shocked inhabitants slowly come back to heavily damaged or totally destroyed homes; fierce fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas took place in this elevated area just north of Gaza city.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    21/01/2009
    1291
    21/01/2009
    Ground
    January 21, 2009.
    The day after the end of the war, shocked inhabitants slowly come back to heavily damaged or totally destroyed homes; fierce fighting between the Israeli army and Hamas took place in this elevated area just north of Gaza city.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1298
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 20, 2009.
    Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    20/01/2009
    1298
    20/01/2009
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 20, 2009.
    Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening approximately an area 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1297
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 20, 2009.
    Nadji Hessenin collapses in tears after burying his children Shourouk Nadji Hessenin, 13, and her brother Abdallah, 12, who were killed instantly upon returning to their house in She’Af Tufa’ah by a Hamas planted booby trap destined to Israeli soldiers.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    20/01/2009
    1297
    20/01/2009
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 20, 2009.
    Nadji Hessenin collapses in tears after burying his children Shourouk Nadji Hessenin, 13, and her brother Abdallah, 12, who were killed instantly upon returning to their house in She’Af Tufa’ah by a Hamas planted booby trap destined to Israeli soldiers.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1293
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 20, 2009.
    Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening an area approximately 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    20/01/2009
    1293
    20/01/2009
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 20, 2009.
    Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening an area approximately 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
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    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 20, 2009.
    Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening an area approximately 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    20/01/2009
    1290
    20/01/2009
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 20, 2009.
    Hundreds of houses, farms and factories have been destroyed and bulldozed over by the Israeli army, flattening an area approximately 10km square, ruining countless families, left resourceless in what amounts to collective punishment.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    1289
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 20, 2009.
    Youssef Abu Ida, 50, lost everything he had earned during 30 years in Abu Dhabi when the Israeli army destroyed his 5 storeys house during operation ‘Cast Lead’.
    “Hamas gave the key to the Israelis to act like this”, he reckons.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    20/01/2009
    1289
    20/01/2009
    Ground
    Al Tufa’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 20, 2009.
    Youssef Abu Ida, 50, lost everything he had earned during 30 years in Abu Dhabi when the Israeli army destroyed his 5 storeys house during operation ‘Cast Lead’.
    “Hamas gave the key to the Israelis to act like this”, he reckons.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Ground
    Zeitoun, Gaza Strip,
    January 19, 2009.
    Farez Hamdi Mahmoud Samoudi is in shock after loosing 29 innocent members of his family. The Israeli army destroyed a dozen houses belonging to the Samouni clan, then used the remaining 3 houses for almost two weeks as a fortified firing positions towards the southern side of Gaza city.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    19/01/2009
    1299
    19/01/2009
    Ground
    Zeitoun, Gaza Strip,
    January 19, 2009.
    Farez Hamdi Mahmoud Samoudi is in shock after loosing 29 innocent members of his family. The Israeli army destroyed a dozen houses belonging to the Samouni clan, then used the remaining 3 houses for almost two weeks as a fortified firing positions towards the southern side of Gaza city.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Ground
    Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, January 19, 2009.
    The Israeli army came to the Hamad family houses on January 5th at 4 am, ordering the entire families to leave immediately by foot on the nearby Salahedin road and then destroyed the houses entirely, simply because they stood less than a kilometer from the Erez crossing.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    19/01/2009
    1294
    19/01/2009
    Ground
    Beit Hanoun, Gaza Strip, January 19, 2009.
    The Israeli army came to the Hamad family houses on January 5th at 4 am, ordering the entire families to leave immediately by foot on the nearby Salahedin road and then destroyed the houses entirely, simply because they stood less than a kilometer from the Erez crossing.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Ground
    Jabalya camp, Gaza Strip, January. 19, 2009. An entire neighborhood was badly damaged when the Israeli air force flattened the 5 storeys house of Nizzar Rayyan, an important Hamas leader of the Ezzedin El Qassam brigade, killing him and his entire family as well as several innocent civilians.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    19/01/2009
    1104
    19/01/2009
    Ground
    Jabalya camp, Gaza Strip, January. 19, 2009. An entire neighborhood was badly damaged when the Israeli air force flattened the 5 storeys house of Nizzar Rayyan, an important Hamas leader of the Ezzedin El Qassam brigade, killing him and his entire family as well as several innocent civilians.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    1286
    Ground
    Deir El Balah, Gaza Strip, January 17, 2009.
    Ziyad Abu Hessenin, a nurse in the Al Aqsa hospital breaks in tears while preparing for the funeral the bodies of the wife and 5 children from Issa al Battran, a local Hamas militant, who were killed in an Israeli air strike on his appartment in Burej attempting to kill him. He wasn’t home at the time of the attack.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    17/01/2009
    1286
    17/01/2009
    Ground
    Deir El Balah, Gaza Strip, January 17, 2009.
    Ziyad Abu Hessenin, a nurse in the Al Aqsa hospital breaks in tears while preparing for the funeral the bodies of the wife and 5 children from Issa al Battran, a local Hamas militant, who were killed in an Israeli air strike on his appartment in Burej attempting to kill him. He wasn’t home at the time of the attack.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Deir El Balah, Gaza Strip, January 17, 2009.
    The body of Bilal Al Battran, 7, one of 5 children from the same family killed in a failed Israeli aasassination attempt on their father.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    17/01/2009
    1285
    17/01/2009
    Ground
    Deir El Balah, Gaza Strip, January 17, 2009.
    The body of Bilal Al Battran, 7, one of 5 children from the same family killed in a failed Israeli aasassination attempt on their father.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

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    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 15, 2009.
    Al Abrahr mosque was the largest in Rafah, it was destroyed by a massive Israeli air strike at 12:30am on January 15, killing 4.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    15/01/2009
    1284
    15/01/2009
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 15, 2009.
    Al Abrahr mosque was the largest in Rafah, it was destroyed by a massive Israeli air strike at 12:30am on January 15, killing 4.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1283
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 15, 2009.
    Children play near buildings damaged during an Israeli airstrike.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    15/01/2009
    1283
    15/01/2009
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 15, 2009.
    Children play near buildings damaged during an Israeli airstrike.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1280
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 15, 2009.
    The funeral of Aissa Mohammed Armilat, 12, who was in the garden in front of his house in eastern Rafah at 7am when an Israeli shell killed him on the spot. There was no fighting activity whatsoever in the area.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    15/01/2009
    1280
    15/01/2009
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 15, 2009.
    The funeral of Aissa Mohammed Armilat, 12, who was in the garden in front of his house in eastern Rafah at 7am when an Israeli shell killed him on the spot. There was no fighting activity whatsoever in the area.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1278
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 15, 2009.
    Sheghda el Kurd, a prominent local Hamas fighter is among 7 men killed overnight in Israeli bombing and shelling, including 4 in the destruction of Abrahr mosque, the largest in Rafah.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    15/01/2009
    1278
    15/01/2009
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 15, 2009.
    Sheghda el Kurd, a prominent local Hamas fighter is among 7 men killed overnight in Israeli bombing and shelling, including 4 in the destruction of Abrahr mosque, the largest in Rafah.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1292
    Ground
    Al Kuza’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 14, 2009.
    Leyla “Lula” Ahmad Al Najjar, 4, suffers from a broken leg and broken hip.An Israeli tank assault on this village on January 13 that left 10 people dead and many more wounded; dozens of homes were destroyed, many burned by white phosphorus inside the village.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    14/01/2009
    1292
    14/01/2009
    Ground
    Al Kuza’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 14, 2009.
    Leyla “Lula” Ahmad Al Najjar, 4, suffers from a broken leg and broken hip.An Israeli tank assault on this village on January 13 that left 10 people dead and many more wounded; dozens of homes were destroyed, many burned by white phosphorus inside the village.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1279
    Ground
    Al Kuza’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 14, 2009.
    Razmey Khalil Nejjar, 48, is in shock after loosing her home in the Israeli tank assault on this village that left 10 people dead and many more wounded; dozens of homes are destroyed, many burned by white phosphorus, active patches of which could still be found in many areas inside the village 36 hours after the attack.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    14/01/2009
    1279
    14/01/2009
    Ground
    Al Kuza’ah, Gaza Strip,
    January 14, 2009.
    Razmey Khalil Nejjar, 48, is in shock after loosing her home in the Israeli tank assault on this village that left 10 people dead and many more wounded; dozens of homes are destroyed, many burned by white phosphorus, active patches of which could still be found in many areas inside the village 36 hours after the attack.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1282
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 13, 2009.
    Rafah police station’s was levelled down by Israeli air strikes at the beginning of the operation. Azouz, 8, living nearby, shows severe signs of psycholgical stress.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    13/01/2009
    1282
    13/01/2009
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 13, 2009.
    Rafah police station’s was levelled down by Israeli air strikes at the beginning of the operation. Azouz, 8, living nearby, shows severe signs of psycholgical stress.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1281
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 13, 2009.
    The Philadelphia corridor (border with Egypt) was bombed repeatedly by the Israeli air force in the vain hope of destroying the countless smuggling tunnels running underneath it. One and a half million people were deprived of electricity and basic supplies for over 3 weeks.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    13/01/2009
    1281
    13/01/2009
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 13, 2009.
    The Philadelphia corridor (border with Egypt) was bombed repeatedly by the Israeli air force in the vain hope of destroying the countless smuggling tunnels running underneath it. One and a half million people were deprived of electricity and basic supplies for over 3 weeks.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos

     

  • Ground
    1275
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 13, 2009.
    The Philadelphia corridor (border with Egypt) is being bombed repeatedly by the Israeli air force in the hope of destroying the countless smuggling tunnels running underneath.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos
    13/01/2009
    1275
    13/01/2009
    Ground
    Rafah, Gaza Strip,
    January 13, 2009.
    The Philadelphia corridor (border with Egypt) is being bombed repeatedly by the Israeli air force in the hope of destroying the countless smuggling tunnels running underneath.
    © Bruno Stevens / Cosmos