Embassy of Palestine: Text "What Wounds Say" wins European Journalism Award

The article "What the Wounds Say" about the deliberate targeting and killing of Palestinian children in Gaza has won the European Journalism Award in the "Excellent Reporting" category, the Palestinian Embassy in Montenegro announced.

"This year's European Press Prize has just been awarded to an investigative story by the Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant. The article, entitled 'What the Wounds Say', written by journalists Maud Effting and Willem Feenstra, documents the cases of 114 Palestinian children in Gaza, under the age of 15, who were shot in the head or chest with a single bullet. Almost all of the children died or were left with severe disabilities," the statement said.

The Palestinian Embassy adds that the journalists based their findings on the testimonies of 17 international medical experts and forensic experts.

"A single bullet in these body parts is a clear indication that these children were deliberately targeted," the two journalists said.

According to the Embassy, ​​interviewed doctors and nurses from the US, UK, Australia, Canada and the Netherlands, who worked in six hospitals and four clinics in Gaza, stressed that it is unlikely that such injuries were accidental.

"Forensic experts consulted by this newspaper stated that the uniform pattern of injuries indicates targeted fire, potentially by snipers or drones. The European Press Prize is one of the most prestigious journalistic awards on the continent, awarded for outstanding contributions to reporting across Europe," the statement reads.