Fatima Hassouna

Palestinian photojournalist (1999–2025) Fatima Hassounaفاطمة حسّونةBorn1999 (1999)Gaza City, Gaza Strip, PalestineDied16 April 2025(2025-04-16) (aged 25–26)Tuffah, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, PalestineCause of deathIsraeli airstrikeOther nameFatma HassonaOccupationsPhotojournalistartistYears active2023–2025Known forDocumenting the impact of the Gaza warCannes-selected documentary subject Fatima Hassouna (/həˈsuːnə/ hə-SOO-nə; Arabic: فاطمة حسّونة; 1999 – 16 April 2025), sometimes spelled Fatma Hassona, was a Palestinian photojournalist whose work documented civilian life during the Gaza war. She gained international recognition for her visceral documentation of war impacts and became the subject of the documentary film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, selected for the ACID film programme shown in parallel with the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. She was killed alongside ten family members in an Israeli airstrike on their Gaza City home on 16 April 2025. Biography Hassouna was born in Gaza City in 1999 and graduated with a multimedia degree from the University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza. She began documenting life in Gaza after the October 7 at