Fatima Hassouna

Fatima Hassouna
فاطمة حسّونة
Born1999 (1999)
Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Died16 April 2025(2025-04-16) (aged 25–26)
Tuffah, Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Palestine
Cause of deathIsraeli airstrike
Other namesFatma Hassona
Occupations
  • Photojournalist
  • artist
Years active2023–2025
Known for
  • Documenting the impact of the Gaza war
  • Cannes-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.

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