Editor’s note: This is the latest dispatch from Rizek Abdel Jawad, a photojournalist based in Gaza City who frequently contributes to the NB Media Co-op.
Palestinian photographer Kifah Al-Fakhoury, 35, continues to practice her profession despite losing her leg months ago in an Israeli airstrike.
Al-Fakhoury has been working as a photographer for 17 years. She suffered a devastating injury in June 2025, when the Israeli military bombed Al-Baqa Café and Lounge in Gaza City. The airstrike killed at least 33 people and destroyed the well-known seaside refuge.
Although she survived the attack, Al-Fakhoury lost her left leg, resulting in major challenges in mobility required for her work. And yet, she is determined to continue her career and hopes to obtain a prosthetic leg that will enable her to walk again and regain her independence.
She currently lives in a tent in Al-Rimal, a neighborhood in central Gaza City, having lost her home in eastern Gaza City during the war.
Rizek Abdel Jawad is a photojournalist based in Gaza City. To see more of his work, follow him on Instagram and Facebook. He is part of the Connecting Gaza initiative, which helps families in Gaza survive. You can support them by going to www.connectinggaza.org/donate.
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