Fatima Hassouna was a 25-year-old Palestinian photojournalist from the Al-Touffah neighbourhood in northern Gaza, known for her powerful visual documentation of life under Israeli bombardment. Since October 2023, she had been chronicling the daily struggles of Gazans through her photography and reporting, capturing the human toll of the ongoing war. A graduate in multimedia from the University College of Applied Sciences in Gaza, Hassouna combined her professional skill with deep social engagement. Beyond journalism, she taught creative writing workshops to children in a local school, nurturing their voices amid conflict. She shared her work with a wide audience through Instagram, where she had around 35,000 followers, using the platform to bring global attention to Gaza’s suffering. Tragically, just months before her wedding, Hassouna was killed on 16 April 2025, when an Israeli airstrike hit her family home, killing ten members of her family including her pregnant sister. Her death drew strong condemnation from international observers including UN Special Rapporteur Francesca Albanese, who described her killing as silencing a witness to atrocities. Hassouna was the protagonist of her film Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk. The feature film had been selected for the Cannes Film Festival on 15 April 2025, and she was murdered the following day, on 16 April 2025, within hours of hearing the news.