Palestinian Mahmoud Abu Hamda wins top photography prize at Bayeux

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Palestinian freelance photographer Mahmoud Abu Hamda won the photography prize and the public’s choice award at the Bayeux award for war correspondents. His winning reportage, “What War Leaves Behind,” documents the impact of the war in Gaza; he sent a video message because he could not attend the ceremony in France.

Palestinian freelancer Mahmoud Abu Hamda on Saturday won the photography category in the prestigious Bayeux award for war correspondents for his work from Gaza. As well as the top prize, Hamda, based in the Gaza Strip, also won the Public's Choice award for his reportage "What War leaves behind". He was not at the ceremony in Bayeux, northwest France, but sent a video message to the event.