Images from Gaza have shocked the world – but the ‘spectacle of suffering’ is a double-edged sword

Photographs coming out of Gaza since October 2023 have communicated the severity of the destruction: collapsed buildings, bodies in shrouds, dead and maimed children, and bombed-out hospitals and shelters. But none of these galvanised the public as much as the photographic evidence of Israel’s systemic starvation of Gazans.   Sara Oscar and Cherine Fahd   The […]