Photographer Samar Abu Elouf Wins World Press Photo 2025 for Image of Gaza Child Targeted in Israel’s War on Children

Gaza (Quds News Network)- A powerful image of a wounded Palestinian child has won the top prize at the 2025 World Press Photo awards. The photograph, taken by Palestinian journalist Samar Abu Elouf, captures the haunting aftermath of Israel’s war on Gaza’s children — through the eyes of a 9-year-old boy who lost both arms in an airstrike.

Abu Elouf, herself a survivor of the genocide, took the photo in Doha, where the child, Mahmoud Ajjour, is now recovering. The image, made…