Paolo Pellegrin won the Robert Capa gold medal award for photo reporting requiring exceptional courage for his series: "Israel & Hizbullah."

The 33 day conflict sparked by Hezbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers on July 12 in a cross-border raid that left most of southern Lebanon in ruins.

The Overseas Press Club's mission is to recognize foreign reporting in all media, published in the United States.

Robert Capa was killed accidentally after stepping on a landmine during the Indochina War. His courage led him to report the news on D-Day, June 6, 1944, when he swam ashore with...