Gaza Photojournalist sells camera for food amid worsening famine

Mohammed Abu Aoun, a renowned Gaza-based journalist, says he’s ready to sell his camera and press gear to feed his family.

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00:00A photojournalist in Gaza is selling his camera for food.

00:03Mohammed Abu Aoun, a Gaza-based photojournalist known for his contributions to the New York

00:07Times, Sky News and ABC, posted on LinkedIn that he is ready to sell his camera gear and

00:12even his press shield just to feed his family.

00:15The post by Aoun captures the dire reality as Gaza edges towards famine.

00:19Nearly one-third of Gaza's population hasn't eaten for days.

00:23Around 4,70,000 people face catastrophic hunger.

00:26Among the most vulnerable, over 100 deaths have been attributed to malnutrition, with

00:3180 children included in the toll so far.

00:33Aid distribution is shrinking.

00:35Hundreds of trucks are reportedly stranded at the border, while only four operational humanitarian

00:39centres remain inside Gaza.

00:41Over 1,000 Palestinians have been killed while trying to collect food at militarised aid sites.

00:46Even journalists, doctors and aid workers, people usually protected by the rules of war,

00:51are breaking down from hunger and exhaustion.

00:54Israeli forces did begin limited food airdrops on July 26, 2025, dropping flour, sugar and

00:59canned goods from planes, but critics say it's a drop in the ocean and does nothing for the

01:03deeper emergency.

01:05Mohammed Abu Aoun's offer to sell his vital equipment is a painful view into Gaza's ongoing

01:09collapse.

01:10When the storytellers can't feed their families, you know something has seriously gone wrong.