Yousef Masoud is a freelance photographer based in Khan Younis in the Gaza Strip.
“The lucky are those who have someone to bury them when they die,” Dr. Mohammad Abu Moussa, a radiologist at one Gaza hospital, said of those killed by Israeli airstrikes.
By Raja Abdulrahim, Samar Abu Elouf and Yousef Masoud
Life in besieged Gaza revolves around a daily struggle to find food and water. With practically no fuel or coal, families are burning doors and window frames to cook what they can scrounge.
By Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Hiba Yazbek, Abu Bakr Bashir, Ameera Harouda, Samar Abu Elouf and Yousef Masoud
In Khan Younis, 111 bodies wrapped in bright blue bags arrived in a shipping container on the back of a truck.
By Yousef Masoud and Daniel Victor
Violence on Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, and strikes in Syria and the West Bank, sent shock waves through the Middle East.
By Isabel Kershner, Raja Abdulrahim, Euan Ward and Michael Levenson
Civilians in Gaza face an unending nightmare of airstrikes and deprivation — if they manage to survive.
By Samar Abu Elouf, Yousef Masoud and Karen Zraick