"New York Times" It monitors the suffering of rescuers and their tireless attempts to preserve the lives of civilians in Gaza
The New York Times newspaper monitored In its issue issued today, Sunday, the American newspaper reported the suffering of rescuers in Gaza to save the lives of thousands of civilians trapped as a result of the ongoing Israeli aggression and their tireless attempts to contain the pace of successive Israeli air strikes, despite their small numbers and the targeting of many of them over the course of more than 14 months.
It reported. The newspaper – in the context of a report published on its website – that rescuers in Gaza are being chased despite all their efforts to save lives, the voice of those who were unable to Saving them, saying: Rescue workers have been struggling, since the beginning of the war between Israel and Hamas on October 7, 2023, to contain the acts of destruction that resulted from successive Israeli strikes, as the Israeli army said that it struck more than 40,000 targets across an area the size of the small American city of Detroit, with about 60,000. Bomb and other ammunition. The American newspaper quoted a rescuer named Noah Al-Shaghnoubi as saying: “My soul is tired of this war.” He recalled the screams of those he could not save, the memories of the past fourteen months, and the scenes of collapsed buildings without equipment to retrieve the survivors.
< p>Al-Shangoubi added – in an interview with a New York Times correspondent: -: “We hear the voices of people under the rubble. Imagine that there are people under the rubble that we know are alive, but we cannot save them, and we had to leave them to die.”
The New York Times explained: In its report, rescue workers, medics and ambulance drivers in Gaza work on the front lines of the war, racing to the sites of countless Israeli airstrikes to try to rescue survivors and recover the bodies of those who did not survive. In the first seven weeks of the war alone, Israel released nearly 30 thousand pieces of ammunition on Gaza in an aggression that is considered one of the most intense bombing campaigns in the contemporary war.
For its part, the International Committee of the Red Cross said: Rescuers in Gaza are facing dangerous conditions without adequate equipment, vehicles or fuel, and are often left to dig survivors out from under tons of broken stone, concrete and twisted metal with their hands or improvised tools. The war in Gaza has taken a heavy physical, mental, and emotional toll on rescuers, especially since Israeli raids killed at least 118 of them during the conflict, according to local rescue officials.
The New York Times reported: Hisham Muhanna, spokesman for the Red Cross in Gaza, said: “First responders are suffering from untold levels of stress, anxiety, and frustration. We heard them describe feelings of helplessness towards the victims who were unable to save them, and the enormous pain of losing their co-workers.”
The American newspaper confirmed that the war that Gaza is currently experiencing is different from any other war that the residents of the Strip have experienced, as there is no place Safe to take cover and no target is off limits, residents and aid officials say, while the Israeli army previously claimed that it was taking “possible precautions to mitigate harm to civilians.”
And on Despite the shock, Al-Shaghnoubi (23 years old) continued that he had to continue his rescue work with the Civil Defense Authority in Gaza, despite knowing that he could only save a few lives. He said: He regularly posts videos and photos on social media to draw attention to The suffering that Gaza is experiencing… adding: “Every day is harder than the previous day, my soul is tired of this war.”
In turn… the Red Cross, which provided masks and shoes Protective uniforms and body bags for rescuers, limited mental health counseling, but given the extreme trauma caused by the situation, the sessions were not enough, said Muhanna, the Red Cross spokesman.
For his part, said Amir Ahmed, a paramedic. A few months ago, his nightmares became more than he could bear, which forced him to leave his job with the Palestinian Red Crescent Rescue Service. He explained that he worked in the field of antiquities preservation before the war, but he volunteered with Red Crescent after the crisis, especially since he received training as an emergency medical technician.
He indicated that he was called to serve on the second day of the war, but as the conflict continued, he found himself sinking deeper into depression and became increasingly stressed and angry.
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