ZAKA volunteer Josh Wander describes what the aftermath of the weekend assault has left him with.
But for ZAKA volunteer Josh Wander and his colleagues working to recover the bodies of civilians, the murdered children are who have affected them the most.
The violence that’s taken hold over the region has left more than 1,000 people dead in both Israel and Palestine. Wander said he’s worked as a volunteer with ZAKA, a nonprofit dedicated to emergency responses, for about a decade. He’s also occasionally served as its international spokesperson, trying to illustrate to people what he’s seen in the aftermath of war along the region around Gaza.
Wander said the organization has about 100 volunteers working in shifts in the Gaza region, with more prepared to deploy to other areas in Israel should the violence extend elsewhere. Even with a large number of workers, and about 1,000 volunteers nationwide, the effects of witnessing massive amounts of tragedy are strikingly personal.
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