In a place where the horizon is within reach — where sky meets sea — Gaza journalist Ismail Abu Hatab was martyred.

June 1 (UPI) -- The famed anonymous street artist Banksy has claimed credit for new graffiti that is believed to offer a rare moment of introspection and vulnerability by the artist.

A newly released Banksy artwork depicting a lighthouse, on the facade of a building in Marseille, southeastern France, on May 30, 2025. Photo: Viken Kantarci / AFP.

News Banksy Shares Enigmatic Madonna and Child Artwork Some users online interpreted the image as a symbol of suffering Palestinian mothers and children amid Israel’s attacks on Gaza.

According to the Guardian, Banksy was smuggled into Palestinian territory following the 2014 Gaza War, where he then created a series of artworks on the ruins across Palestine.

Banksy has previously shown support for the people of Gaza, painting murals on the Palestinian side of the West Bank Wall since the early 2000s.

Banksy's final piece, outside London Zoo in Camden, north London, shows a gorilla lifting the shutter to release a sea lion and birds, while other animals appear to look on from the inside.

Banksy has completed multiple projects in the Occupied West Bank and the Gaza Strip, including the art-filled Walled Off Hotel in Bethlehem that opened in 2017 and has ceased operations ...

At the Banksy Museum, a reproduction of Banksy’s 2019 pop-up installation “Venice in Oil,” originally exhibited in Piazza San Marco, representing a cruise ship that looms over tourists and ...

A information wall about the history of pro-Palestinian activism in Bristol at the Palestine Museum and Cultural Centre in the southwestern city in April 2024. (Jack Dutton) He went on, “So it was ...

In 2003, Banksy introduced a reversal of Stop and Search, empowering the girl who is frisking the police officer while he faces the wall, disarmed and with his arms raised.

LONDON A collection of Banksy's originals will go on sale at the Antica fine art fair in Brussels, with the proceeds going to Gaza and Ukraine. The works include the anonymous street artist's ...