Bearing Witness

Exclusive photographs from inside besieged Gaza.

BY MOSA'AB ELSHAMY | NOVEMBER 20, 2012

This is a "gathering" -- they don't like calling it a funeral -- for one of the al-Qassam fighters [the members of Hamas's military wing]. The fighter's picture is in the background. After the burial, this is what they do -- all the people gather together; they eat dates and drink coffee.

Mosa'ab Elshamy

 

Mosa'ab Elshamy is a Cairo-based photojournalist.