Palestinian Photographer Saher Alghorra wins Pulitzer Prize for Gaza Coverage

Saher Alghorra is a photojournalist who was born, lives and works in Gaza. He got his first camera in 2017, and immediately began chronicling the fragile existence of everyday Palestinians.

Mr. Alghorra began his work as a freelance photojournalist in 2021 with many international agencies and institutions. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Time magazine, The Telegraph and The New York Times. In July 2023, he became the ZUMA Press Wire Service Chief Photo-Journalist in Gaza.

In 2023, an image of his was chosen as one of TIME Magazine 100 best photos of the year. In 2024, he won Best in Show at the Communications Arts Photography Annual, for his coverage for ZUMA in Gaza during the ongoing war.

Main Image: “My son,” a woman screamed as a truck carried her and her injured son to Hamad Hospital in northern Gaza. “My son. My son.” He had been shot while trying to get aid near the Zikim crossing between Gaza and Israel — an increasingly common story as the war went on. Israeli restrictions on aid meant desperate people routinely risked their lives taking aid from trucks or lining up at aid distribution points. Hundreds of Palestinians were killed seeking aid, even as famine was declared in northern Gaza. The woman’s son had been trying to grab aid from this truck — the same one that was now taking him to the hospital. (08/14/2025)