Gaza rescuers face toll of their work: 'I have become afraid of my own memories'

Throughout the Israeli bombardment, the Civil Defence was responsible for pulling the living and the dead from the rubble.
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The vests are usually well worn and marked by dust, sometimes blood. They belong to the Civil Defence, Gaza's main emergency service.
Throughout the Israeli bombardment, the Civil Defence was responsible for pulling the living and the dead from the rubble. Along with Gaza's ambulance service, the rescue workers have taken on some of the most harrowing work in the strip.
And they have paid a steep price. The agency said on Monday that that 99 of its rescue workers had been killed and 319 wounded during the conflict - some with life-changing injuries.
When the Civil Defence buries its own, where possible the vests of the dead are laid on their bodies.
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