A Palestinian Photo Journalist who is in the center of the upcoming Cannes documentary, an Israeli has been killed in a air strike.
25 -year -old Fatima Hasauna died on Wednesday (April 16) in Gaza City, as well as a few days after a documentary in filmmaker Sapidah Persian, with nine members of her family, which has Hasuna main character, was accepted to play at the Cannes Film Festival.
“She was such a light, so talented,” Persian Says deadline“You will understand when you watch the film.”
Hasauna has been in Gaza since the 7 October attacks of Hamas, which provoked the Israeli military operation. He covered civil withdrawal, after an airstrikes, and funeral. His work has been published Mentor And other international websites.
Persian says that he spoke to Hasauna a few hours before the strike, shared the news of the selection of the film and invited him to the premiere.
According to Persian, Hasauna was open to participate, but only if she could return home later. The director started working with the French Embassy to return and return in a safe manner.
“I was worried about how to take him out and back out safely. I did not want to take responsibility for separating him from my family,” Persian says.
Persian says that now Hasauna and his entire family have gone.
“I am trying to find out if his parents are dead, but certainly Fatima and her sisters and brothers are dead. One of the sisters was pregnant. Two days ago on a video call, she showed me her stomach. It is very terrible and destructive. Fatima had engaged a few months ago,” said the director. deadline,
Israeli army Says Le Monde The attack was targeting a member of Hamas, who was “involved in attacks against Israeli soldiers and citizens.” It says that “caution was taken to avoid civilian casualties”.
Since Hamas’s October 7 attacks on Southern Israel – 1,200 people were killed and a resulting 251 hostages were abducted – Israel’s military operation in Gaza continued for 18 months. According to Hamas-Run Gaza Health Authority, more than 51,000 Palestinians were killed during that time.
“We met Fatima Hasauna when we discovered the film of Sapidah Persian Keep your soul on your hand and walkHis smile was magical like his tenacity: witness, taking a picture of Gaza, distributing food despite bombs, sorrow and hunger, ”reads a statement for the spread of independent cinema by the French Association, who selected the film for his Cannes lineup.
“Yesterday, we learned with horror that an Israeli missile targeted her building, killing Fatima and her family.
“We watched and programmed a film in which the vitality of this young woman was no less than miraculous. It is a separate film that we start with can, take to every theater, to take, support and be present.”
