![“Saddest photo yet”: Astronaut photographs Gaza offensive from space “Saddest photo yet”: Astronaut photographs Gaza offensive from space](https://mtic.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/gaza-photo-space-astronaut.si_-310x168.jpg)
A German astronaut managed to capture the Gaza war zone from space while aboard the International Space Station. He called it his “saddest photo yet.”
Alexander Gerst, a German flight engineer, geophysicist and volcanologist, spread the news with a short tweet on Wednesday, as the ISS was on a flyby over Israel and the occupied Palestinian territory. The image went viral.