He Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum from Madrid, the United Nations Agency for the Refugee Population of Palestine (UNRWA) and the Department of Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid of the European Commission (ECHO) have presented the exhibition ‘Gaza through his eyes‘, which brings together about thirty photographs taken by photojournalists who, since October 2023, document life in the strip under the siege.
The sample can be visited September 23 to October 19, 2025 In the Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum and the entrance will be free, according to UNRWA in a statement.
As noted by the United Nations Agency for the Refugee population of Palestine, for almost two years, the Gaza Strip, an area of 365 square kilometers and home of more than 2.1 million people, has been “devastated”, with “almost constant bombardments, forced displacements, destruction, the collapse of basic services” and the lack of access to food, drinking water, medicines and refuge.
“The Destruction of Gaza is apocalyptic. Neighborhoods and entire cities have been razed. Israeli military operations have generalized civil buildings, including homes, hospitals, schools and facilities of the United Nations. All of them are protected by international humanitarian law. There are also humanitarian workers, whose work is essential to provide vital help to the civilian population during crises, “they need.
In addition, they denounce that more than 360 members of the Unrwa team have been killed in Gazasome of them while playing their work and many of them, killed together with their relatives.
UNRWA remembers that it has been at the service of the people of Gaza for decades, providing education, medical care, protection, professional training, psychosocial support and humanitarian aid; and that, since October 2023, he has focused his work on responding to the emergency. Specifically, he explains that schools have become shelters and more than 12,000 workers continue to offer vital assistance.
To do this, it emphasizes that the support of the European Union and its citizenship has been fundamental: facilitating water, sanitation and hygiene; psychological help and educational activities for childhood; Logistics, storage of humanitarian supplies or essential refuge articles for displaced families; and collaborating with photojournalists to document the situation.
Meanwhile, they regret that “the Israeli authorities continue to prohibit the entry of international media in Gaza” and that More than 200 Palestinian journalists have been killed. Despite this, they value that Unrwa’s photojournalists document life under the siege, “often assuming a great personal risk.”
“They are people who They risk their lives to testify to what happens in Gaza“They explain. Therefore, they need that their names will not be seen next to the photographs exhibited, since it would be a risk to their safety.
