Born in Gaza, Adel Zaanoun heads the Agence France-Presse (AFP) bureau in Gaza, for which he has been covering the Palestinian territory for more than thirty years. He is one of the journalists featured in the documentary Inside Gaza. Adel is AFP's longest serving member in the Gaza bureau, which he joined in 1994 at the age of 19. In the last few years, he has taken on the position of the bureau's chief correspondent.

In the months following 7 October 2023, Adel organised and provided coverage in extreme conditions, while guiding his colleagues and their families through constant chaos, death and displacement. Adel, his wife and children were able to leave the Gaza Strip in 2024. Adel is now based in the AFP Cyprus office from where he continues to contribute to AFP’s coverage of the Gaza strip. His wife Ola is also a journalist, and is the Reporters Without Borders (RSF) correspondent in Gaza. Adel Zaanoun and his wife are also helping RSF document complaints to the International Criminal Court over the deaths of several of their colleagues, killed by the Israeli army. Together, Adel and Ola have 5 children.

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