UPDATE - Time Magazine uses Anadolu photojournalist's image for 'Gaza Tragedy' cover photo

UPDATES WITH MORE ANADOLU PHOTOS FEATURED BY GLOBAL MEDIA

By Michael Hernandez and Asiye Latife Yilmaz

WASHINGTON / ISTANBUL (AA) - Time Magazine selected an image produced by an Anadolu photojournalist for its cover photo to illustrate what it called "the Gaza tragedy" amid crippling starvation being inflicted on the besieged Palestinian territory.

Ali Jadallah's photo shows a group of malnourished Palestinian women assembled behind a gate in Gaza City, holding out pans and bowls in the hopes of receiving food. One woman is seen weeping, while others stare with piercing eyes from gaunt faces into the camera.

"AA Gaza photojournalist @alijadallah66 brings Israel's ongoing genocide policy in Gaza to the world through his lens," Anadolu Deputy Director General and Editor-in-Chief Yusuf Ozhan said in a statement on X, referring to Anadolu.

Jadallah has won multiple prizes at international photo competitions, and his work has been used in ongoing proceedings against Israel at the International Court of Justice over charges that the country's actions in the Gaza Strip constitute genocide. South Africa filed the case in December 2023.

The photograph, presented in court by Adila Hassim, one of the attorneys representing South Africa, depicts Khan Younis in an unrecognizable state, showing the massive destruction wrought by Israeli forces.

- Anadolu conveys the humanitarian crisis in Gaza to the world

Leading international media outlets, including the Daily Express, The Atlantic, the BBC, Time, NPR, The Week, and Politico, covered the famine and suffering in Gaza through Anadolu’s photos.

A Politico article featured a photo taken by an Anadolu photojournalist, Ahmed Jidah Ibrahim Al-Arini, showing dozens of people waiting with containers in hand behind a barrier where hot meals were being distributed. The Financial Times also used Al-Arini’s images to highlight the severe hunger faced by children in the besieged enclave.

Prominent global outlets such as CNN, the New York Post, The Guardian, and the Daily Mirror also gave extensive coverage to Anadolu’s photographs, featuring the story of a mother holding her son, weakened by hunger, on their pages.

The BBC used an Anadolu photo depicting the desperate situation of a father carrying his child, who had died of starvation, wrapped in a burial shroud.

The photo featured on the front page of the Daily Mirror shows women and children in tears, holding bowls as they wait for food aid.

Spanish newspaper El Pais used a photo showing a girl and boy crying while waiting for aid, while CNN, under the headline “Starvation in Gaza,” featured an Anadolu image of Gazans carrying sacks of flour on their backs.

A report by NBC News included images of dozens of women and children queuing for a single bowl of soup. The BBC also published a photo depicting a young boy struggling to carry a sack of flour.

American media outlets such as the Los Angeles Times and The Wall Street Journal have also conveyed the scale of Gaza’s hunger crisis to their readers through Anadolu’s images.

The Guardian showed people in Gaza trying to reach aid using an Anadolu photo, while CNN highlighted Gazans waiting for assistance through an image taken by Jadallah.

On the front page of CBS News, an Anadolu photograph of a Gazan carrying a sack of flour on his back was featured.

US-based NBC News highlighted child hunger in Gaza with an Anadolu photo of five-year-old Lana Salih Juha, along with another Anadolu image showing people waiting in line for food.

Swiss newspaper Le Temps also featured a photo by Jadallah depicting Palestinians waiting for food aid, revealing the scale of the humanitarian crisis.

Anadolu’s images clearly depicting the hunger and despair in Gaza can be accessed at https://anadoluimages.com/Search?collection=4391866

Rejecting international calls for a ceasefire, the Israeli army has pursued a brutal offensive on Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, killing more than 60,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children. The relentless bombardment has destroyed much of the enclave and led to acute food shortages.

According to Gaza’s Health Ministry, at least 154 people have died of starvation since October 2023, including 89 children.

Last November, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.