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Palestinian. Gaza & West Bank. 

Larry Towell 

In 1996, four Palestinian youths blew themselves up on two Jerusalem buses, at a hitchhiking post, and on a Tel Aviv street killing 59 Israelis and wounding scores. The "suicide bombers" were partly responsible for the Israeli election of the conservative Likud government and the toppling of the pro-peace Labour government of Shimon Peres later that year. Contrary to popular media coverage of "proud parents" of the bombers, the photographer found them to be deeply opposed to the actions of their children. These pictures are an intimate look at the Palestinian families of the Hamas and Islamic Jihad suicide bombers, of those who made the bombs, and of those who recruited the bombers. 

Larry Towell 1996

PALESTINE. Burka village, West Bank. 1996. Family and neighbours... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL. PALESTINE. EL Fawwar refugee camp, West Bank. 1996. Mariam... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL. Dhahiriya village, West Bank. 1996. Palestinian woman... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. El Fawwar refugee camp, West Bank. 1996. Father... 

Larry Towell 1996

Relatives of suicide bomber Majdi Abu Warda and of the cousin... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL. El Fawwar refugee camp. 1996. Family of suicide bomber... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. El Fawwar refugee camp, West Bank, Israel,... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. Rafat village, West Bank. 1996. Yahiya Ayyash... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. Rafat village. West Bank. 1996. Mother of Yahiya... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. Jerusalem. Beit Hanina. West Bank, 1996. Family... 

Larry Towell 1996

Mayasar Abu Zneid, wife of incarcerated Abeel Al Majeed (age:36)... 

Larry Towell 1996

Palestinian. Gaza & West Bank. 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. Beit Hanenah, West Bank, 1996. Mother (Zahira... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. Dhahiriya village, West Bank. 1996. Suicide... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. Dhahiriya village, West Bank, 1996. A shirt... 

Larry Towell 1996

WEST BANK. Ramallah. 1996. Palestinian police quell a crowd of... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Khuza'a village. 1993. Sister (Enas, age 25) of suspected... 

Larry Towell 1996

WEST BANK. Qaryut village. 1996. Grandparents of suicide bomber... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. West Bank. Qaryut Village. 1996. Naifeh All... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. El Fawwar refugee camp, West Bank, 1996. Relatives... 

Larry Towell 1996

ISRAEL/PALESTINE. El Fawwar refugee camp, West Bank. 1996. Mother... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA STRIP. Khan Younis refugee camp. 1996. Younger brother of... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Martyr's Cemetery. 1996. Gazan Hamas residents visit the... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Gaza City. 1996. Security Forces Headquarters. Home-made... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Gaza City. 1996. Police Headquarters. Would-be Hamas suicide... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA STRIP. 1996. Hamas suicide bomber arrested. 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Rafat Village. 1996. Niece wearing Hamas pendent of Yahiya... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Gaza City. 1996. Bombers' graffiti and Palestinian youths... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Gaza City. 1996. Palestine Mosque. 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Gaza City. 1996. Palestinian police anti-terrorist training.... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Gaza City. 1996. Palestinian police anti-terrorist training.... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Gaza City. 1996. Children playing with Palestinian flags... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Gaza City. 1996. Boots hang on a clothesline in a cemetery... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. Shati refugee camp. 1996. Donkeys in market area with Hamas... 

Larry Towell 1996

GAZA. 1996. Driving through the Gaza Strip with Ibrahim AL-REFI... 
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