Johannes Abeling

Johannes Abeling, graduate of the Royal Art Academy in the Hague and a freelance Dutch photojournalist, is back in Palestine shooting photos. On 19th May, Johannes found himself in Rafah in the middle of the peaceful protest march by local residents that ended when Israeli combat helicopters and tanks opened fire on the demonstrators, killing at least 8 people and wounding about 50, including many children. This series of photographs is from the Brazil neighborhood in Rafah, which has seen many homes demolished during Israel’s ongoing “Operation Rainbow”.

Johannes Abeling, graduate of the Royal Art Academy in the Hague and a freelance Dutch photojournalist, is back in Palestine shooting photos. Just a few days after he arrived, Johannes found himself in Rafah in the middle of a peaceful protest march by local residents calling for the Israeli army to cease “Operation Rainbow”, a military operation to destroy hundreds of Palestinian homes along the Gaza-Egyptian border. Israeli combat helicopters and tanks opened fire on the demonstrators, killing at least 8 people and wounding about 50. Abeling’s series of photos are chilling and graphic, and EI publishes them here to give readers a rare but necessary opportunity to see life during wartime in Rafah. Warning: Some of the images are extremely disturbing.