SHOTLIST

KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE (NOV. 10, 2025) (ANADOLU-ACCESS ALL)

1. PEOPLE WALKING THROUGH STREETS IN KHAN YOUNIS

2. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN ARTISTS PAINTING MURAL ON WALL

3. VARIOUS OF ELDERLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN WATCHING ARTISTS PAINT

4. VARIOUS OF PALESTINIAN ARTISTS PAINTING MURAL ON WALL

5. KHAN YOUNIS MAYOR ALA AL-BATTA SPEAKING (Arabic) TO REPORTER

6. VARIOUS OF ARTISTS WORKING TO COMPLETE GRAFFITI ON WALL

7. GRAFFITI CREATED TO ILLUSTRATE ECOLOGICAL CRISIS IN GAZA

8. CLOSE-UPS OF PAINTED TREE EMERGING FROM RUBBLE AND SMOKE

9. PALESTINIAN ARTIST MOHAMMED AL-MAGHARI SPEAKING (Arabic) TO REPORTER

10. CHILDREN VIEWING GRAFFITI THROUGH DAMAGED WALL OPENING

11. VARIOUS OF CHILDREN POSING IN FRONT OF GRAFFITI KHAN YOUNIS, GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE - NOV. 10: Palestinian activists and artists in the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis created a mural on Monday, Nov. 10, depicting environmental damage in Gaza as the UN climate summit takes place in Brazil.

The mural shows a green tree standing at the center, emerging from rubble, smoke, and debris. The words “COP30” and “ECOCIDE” appear beneath the artwork.

Khan Younis Mayor Ala al-Batta said they aim to highlight environmental destruction in Gaza as the world gathers for the UN climate summit.

Al-Batta said environmental damage in Gaza is extensive, reporting the destruction of around 1 million olive trees and an additional 1 million fruit trees. He said cultivated farmland has decreased from approximately 35% of the Strip’s area to about 4%, and that farming activity has collapsed as large agricultural zones remain inaccessible or covered by temporary shelters.

He said that despite a ceasefire, around 50% of Gaza remains under Israeli military control, including key agricultural zones. He noted that eastern areas of Khan Younis, Rafah, Gaza City and Beit Lahiya—once known for vegetables, fruit and Gaza’s signature strawberries—have been heavily damaged and are no longer usable. He said agricultural activity cannot resume unless military forces withdraw from these areas.

Artist Mohammed al-Maghari said the mural aims to illustrate the scale of environmental damage in Gaza, adding that “the trees are now reduced to ash.”

He called for international support to restore agriculture and rebuild damaged land.

Al-Maghari said Gaza’s soil and air quality have deteriorated severely, noting that residents “are breathing carbon dioxide and death.”

Israel has killed more than 69,000 people, mostly women and children, injured over 170,600 others, and left about 9,500 missing – many believed to be trapped under destroyed homes or still unaccounted for in attacks in Gaza since October 2023.