Palestinian boy’s portrait who lost both weapons in Israeli strike

The image provided by World Press Photo and was taken by Samar Abu Aloff for the New York Times, won The World Press Photo Award of the Year and showed Mahmood Ajour (9), who was injured during an Israeli attack on Gaza City in March 2024. Photo Credit: AP

A picture of a young Palestinian boy, who lost both weapons as a result of an Israeli attack in Gaza, was honored on Thursday (April 18, 2025) as the World Press Photo of the Year.

Photo, taken by Palestinian photographer Samar Abu Aloff at Qatar the new York Times The 9 -year -old Mahmood shows Ajour missing under each shoulder with his arms.

“Mahmud’s mother, one of the most difficult things, explained to me that when Mahmood first realized that his weapons were dissected, the first sentence he called him was, ‘How would I be able to embrace you?” Abu Aloff said in a statement issued by the World Press Photo Organization.

The winner of the 68th edition of the prestigious photo journalism competition was selected from 59,320 entries presented by 3,778 photographers from 141 countries.

“This is a cool picture that speaks loudly. It tells the story of a boy, but also a broad war, which will have an impact for generations,” said Jaamana L Zeen Khauri, Executive Director of World Press Photo.

In a statement, the organization said that in March 2024, Ajour was injured while running away from the Israeli attack.

According to the World Press Photo Citation, “When he returned to his family to urge forward, an explosion separated one of his arms and mutated the other.”

जूरी चेयर्स लूसी कॉन्टिकेलो ने कहा, “इस युवा लड़के का जीवन समझने के योग्य है, और यह तस्वीर वह करती है जो महान फोटोजर्नलिज़्म कर सकती है: एक जटिल कहानी में एक स्तरित प्रवेश बिंदु प्रदान करती है, और उस कहानी के साथ किसी की मुठभेड़ को लम्बा करने के लिए प्रोत्साहन,” जूरी चेयर लूसी कॉन्टिकेलो ने कहा, जो फ्रांसीसी अखबार ले मोंडे के वीकेंड He is the director of photography for magazine.

The winning photographer Abu Aloff was evacuated from Gaza in December 2023 and now lives in the same apartment complex as Ajor in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

Israel launched its devastating attack on Gaza after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack, in which thousands of terrorists Gaza caused storms in southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people, kidnapped most of the citizens and 251.

The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza says that more than 51,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli’s aggressive. It does not distinguish between citizens and terrorists, but says that there were more than half of the dead women and children, including at least 876 babies. It says that more than 116,000 people have been injured.

Israel blames Hamas for heavy citizens toll as the group meets attacks and other military activities from residential areas and civil buildings.

Competition organizers also nominated two world press photo finalists, who highlighted the issues of migration and climate change.

A dark photo for Getty Image by John Moore suggests that Chinese migrants have to heat themselves after crossing the US-Maxico border, and for a photo by mucks not by Muke Knowt Panos picturesThe birth of a young man eating a dried river bed in the Amazon Basin area of ​​Barth Foundation, Brazil.