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“The Gaza Family Torn Apart by IDF Snipers from Chicago and Munich” investigation won the Best Investigative Reporting in the 2025 Arab and Middle Eastern Journalists Association (AMEJA) Awards.
This five-month investigation by ARIJ, the Guardian, paper trail media, Der Spiegel, ZDF, Der Standard and De Tijd has identified the six people shot by Israeli snipers on November 22, 2023. And through interviews with survivors, witnesses and family members, reviews of death certificates, medical records and geolocated images we revealed how a family from Gaza City’s Tal al Hawa neighborhood was torn apart in a few hours by men who grew up in Naperville, Illinois and Munich, Germany.
The AMEJA awards celebrate exceptional courage, creativity, and commitment in journalism that deepens understanding of Arab, Middle Eastern, North African, and West Asian communities. At a time when press freedom is under threat worldwide, these awards highlight the stories that matter most to our community and the journalists behind them.
