During an exhibit in Lebanon that year, World Press Photo was asked to remove Sha'al's photos because, according to the General Security Directorate, Lebanon and Israel were "in a state of war."
Tijekom izložbe u Libanonu te godine od organizacije su zatražili da ukloni Sha'alovu sliku zato što se, prema libanonskoj tajnoj službi, između Libanona i Izraela "odvijao rat".