In the past 15 months, Gaza held thousands of funerals. Among some of its funerals, the mourner covered a bright orange vest on the body.

These vests are usually dilapidated, full of dust on it, and sometimes blood. They belong to the civil defense department of Gaza’s main emergency service department.

During the bombing of Israel, the civil defense department was responsible for saving the birth and the dead from the ruins. In addition to Gaza’s ambulance services, rescuers also undertake some of the most difficult tasks of the Gaza Strip.

They paid a heavy price. On Monday, in the first day of peace, the agency stated that 99 rescue workers were killed and 319 were injured. Some of them injured their lives.

When the Civil Defense Department bury the people of themselves, try to put the vest of the deceased on them as much as possible.

“We put the vests there because our colleagues sacrificed his soul inside,” said the 24-year-old rescueman NOOH Al-Shaghnobi in a telephone interview in Gasha City.

“We hope it can show God that this person will do good throughout his life, and he saves others.”

According to the Ministry of Health managed by Hamas, Israel killed more than 47,000 Palestinians during the conflict, most of them were women and children, and more than 111,000 people were injured. The United Nations believed that the data of the department was reliable. A recent study published by the “Liu Ye Dao” medical magazine found that the number of deaths before the nine months before the war may be underestimated by more than 40%.

The fragile ceasefire last weekend was still maintained. But for civil defense rescue workers, the next stage of work has just begun.

The agency estimates that more than 10,000 people in Gaza are buried under the vast ruins. This number is obtained based on the information collected throughout the war. This information involves the personnel in each building destroyed by Israel and the personnel known to the agency.

During the area where the Israeli army is completely occupied by the destruction, they have no detailed information and can only rely on the help of residents. On Tuesday, in the Tel El-HAWA block in Gasha City, the rescue staff Al-Shaghnobi found a man who had a message about the fate of an apartment building that was rabbed in the ground.

“He told us that seven deceaseds had been found, but a old gentleman, a child, and a baby were left.”

“Fortunately, there is a private bulldozer nearby, and we can dig out the top rubble,” he said. “Below we found three bones that are consistent with the description.”

Shatinby won a large number of followers through sharing his own experience on social media during the war. Despite the pixel processing of some images, other images show the horror faced by him and other young rescue personnel.

A video showed that he carefully took the baby’s body from the corpse of another living child under the ruins. Other pictures he sent to Broadcasting Corporation showed the extreme nature of rescue work.

“Over time, you should become numb,” Sagnobi said in duty in Gaza City. “But I have become worse. I feel more pain, not less. I find it more difficult to cope. I have seen 50 colleagues dying in front of me. Who can imagine this other than Gaza?”

Last week, the first batch of Israelic hostages was released from Gaza in exchange for 90 Palestinian in the Israeli prison. The Israeli authorities described the extensive psychological support waiting for the hostage.

But for those who have experienced horror in Gaza, this support is extremely limited. No one among the four rescuers interviewed from the British Broadcasting Corporation this week that they said they had been consulted.

“We all need this,” Mohammed Lafi, a 25 -year -old rescue person in Gaza City, said, “but no one talks about it.”

Lafite has worked at the agency for six years, and his wife and young son have a wife and young son at home. “When I pulled a baby’s body from the ruins, if he was the same age as my son, I would scream in my heart. My body was shaking.”

ABDullah Al-Majdalawi, a 24-year-old civilian defense staff who lives in Gaza City, said that even if it is widely provided for consulting services, “one year of treatment is not enough to complete a day’s work” Essence

Mazdravi said that when he returned home between the rims, he kept doing some small jobs and miscellaneous services, “because I started to be afraid of my memory.”

“I’m very lonely now,” he said. “I didn’t really talk about what I saw with others. But I think my entire body is becoming nervous. I need some kind of treatment because things are accumulating.”

Maggidravi said that civil defense staff has been regarded as heroes by the outside world. “But they can’t see what is happening in my heart. I am in a war in my heart.”

As the ceasefire began, the new images from Gasha showed almost completely destroyed scenes, especially in the north of Flying. A spokesman for civil defense Mahamad Barzar said the agency hopes to salvage the remaining deceased from the ruins within 100 days, but he acknowledges that it is a difficult goal because they actually have no bulldozer and other heavy equipment.

The Civil Defense Department accused Israel aimed at the attack and destroyed its vehicles and equipment in the attack, but Israel denied the allegations. Rescuers told Broadcasting Corporation that they are currently using simple manual tools such as hammer to work, and there are almost no work vehicles. “There are too few equipment, and we need another civil defense department to save the civil defense department,” Maggaravi said.

A spokesman for the agency said on Friday that since the ceasefire began a week ago, they only found 162 corpses.

The Humanitarian Coordination Department of the United Nations Aid Coordination Office warned that due to the lack of equipment and personnel, it is estimated that 37 million tons of rubble scattered unsteady bombs and dangerous materials such as asbestos, so the salvage of the corpse may take several years.

The death of many deceased has also hindered the identification process. This week, in the European hospital in Khanis, southern Gasha, people were looking for loved ones in the remaining white bed sheets that were transported by the hospital. In many cases, the only choice is to find shoes, clothes or other personal items.

University professor Ali Ashour said when he talked about his 18 -year -old son Mahjoud, “I believe I will recognize my son immediately. Even if his face has no characteristics, only his face is left. The next skeleton “”

“I will recognize him because I am his father, and I know him better than one million people,” he said.

Ashul said he still hopes that Mahazhad may have been captured, but he plans to search the deceased every day until he knows. “I will come at any time they bring more remains,” he said. “If I see my son, I will hold him up and take it away from the middle of the other corpse.”

Nisreen Shaaban is looking for her 16 -year -old son Moatassem. She said that her son did not return after 15 minutes away from Bytharon’s home.

“I opened every corpse cloth here, looking for the clothes he wore, trying to smell his smell,” she said. Human remains around her. “I feel like I live in the cemetery,” she said. “This is a scary city.”

Civil defense agencies estimate that nearly 3,000 people may be burned to death during the bombing, resulting in some families unable to continue search. But many people still need to recover.

“These people need to be discovered and respected,” Said Saviniby. “This job is waiting for us. What we need is just the device and we will do it.”

Muath Al-Khatib and AMR Ahmad Tabash contributed to this report.