CNN —For 108 days, Palestinian photographer Motaz Azaiza risked his life in Gaza to tell the story of the war to millions of followers on Instagram, as friends and family members were killed around him.
“I want to capture the beauty of Gaza, not the war on Gaza.
“I don’t call myself a journalist, I call myself a photographer,” Azaiza told CNN.
After getting rejected twice by the Israeli government to leave, Azaiza told CNN that he managed to flee to Qatar with his family after much difficulty.
He told CNN what struck with him the most was the “thousands of babies’ bodies” he saw.
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CNN, Ministry of Health, UNICEF, Getty, Qatari, Doha, Israel Defense Forces, Egypt’s El Arish Airport
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Gaza, Israel, AFP, Rafah, Egypt, Qatar, Egypt’s El Arish, Palestinian