ENTRY DESCRIPTION
20.04.2018. Malaka Border, Gaza Strip.
Protesters burning tires to hide from the IDF snipers at Malaka border at eastern Gaza city.
The "Great March of Return", the protests demand that Palestinian refugees and their descendants be allowed to return to what is now Israel. Organization of the protests was initiated by independent activists, and has been endorsed and supported by Hamas, as well as other major factions in the Gaza Strip. It is supposed to last between 30 March (Land day) and 15 May (Nakba Day, the “Day of Catastrophe”, the foundation of Israeli State). Most of the demonstrators at the tent camps hundreds of meters from the border demonstrated peacefully, but groups of people approached the border, rolled burning tires towards the fence, and threw stones and Molotov cocktails at Israeli troops. Israeli forces have killed 100+ Palestinians since 30 March. No Israeli soldiers or civilians have been injured or killed, as of 3 May.

AUTHOR
Gabriele Micalizzi is an Italian photojournalist. He collaborates with national and international newspapers such as: New York Times, Corriere della Sera, Espresso, International, Wall Street Journal. His works focus on the social condition of people and the relationship they
have with the territory in where they live.

He is one of the founders of the Italian collective Cesura. In 2011 he began to reporting all the events related to the “Arab Spring”;. Since 2016 he is testimonial of Leica and is the first
winner of the European photographic talent, Master of Photography.

In November 2016 he presented his work on the Libyan situation: DOGMA. In 2019, during
the Kurdish offensive in the Baghuz area against the last bastion of Isis, he was wounded by
an RPG rocket. After the accident, during 2020 in Libya he cover the arrival of Turkish troops
sent to help President Al Sarraj resist General Haftar’s attack.

During the Covid-19 pandemic in Italy, he followed the area with the highest number of cases, covering Bergamo and the rest of Lombardy, following doctor Cavanna’s work in the
countryside of Piacenza. The pictures have been published in journals such as Time
magazine, le Monde, VICE USA and Internazionale.

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