Given this situation, photographers in Gaza don’t have to search for long to take pictures of the suffering, nor must they herd people together to stage such images, says Fteiha. In most cases, the verification of photos from Gaza is difficult and uncertainties often remain. The first step is always a search for reference photos: Images of the same even taken by different people from different angles. I would never hate anyone because of their faith, but because of the injustice that takes place on a daily basis in Gaza.” Israel, he says, has taken half of his friends from him during the war. DER SPIEGEL works together with Palestinian journalists in Gaza who also report on protests against Hamas in the Gaza Strip – despite the dangers inherent in doing so.