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Source: https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/ryipftnht
ZAKA Volunteers Pick Up Remains from Hamas Massacre
(Ynet News) Ariela Ayalon - When she is not volunteering at ZAKA, Nurit Cohen, 59, is a diving instructor. She has been working in the communities near Gaza, diligently removing clotted blood stains. She then moved to an area near Re'im, where they held the Nova music festival and many were murdered, where there is a "cemetery" of burnt cars. She helped clear the cars of blood and body parts. They were put in a bag and buried according to the Jewish religion. Cohen was then assigned to a team to work in the houses in Kfar Aza and Be'eri: "There, too, our job was to look for every scrap of tissue, organ, hair, and to remove the spots of clotted blood that were splashed everywhere." "I noticed a man was dragged by the blood trail. In the shelter that was sprayed with lots of bullets, we literally saw a pool of blood." Margalit Yahad, 58, a welfare worker, is also a ZAKA volunteer. She says: "I'm still there, purifying houses in Be'eri, Kfar Aza, Nirim and Nir Oz. My work routine is this: I enter the house, two gloves on each hand, in a lab coat. I photograph and document the blood stains and the other findings - tissue, nails. I collect them and they are sent to the rabbinate military base to undergo identification. I remove the blood from the walls, from the ceiling, from objects, and put it in a bag." Some of the particularly difficult experiences will accompany her forever. "I entered a house whose children's room was in a shocking state. A bed turned upside down, a baby's pillow full of blood, a baby's suit, toys, all stained."