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A British paramedic has spoken of the "heartbreaking" moment he had to put two dead children into body bags shortly after arriving in Gaza.
Sam Sears, 44, from Kettering, Northamptonshire, spent three weeks with frontline charity UK-Med treating a "steady stream" of patients suffering from blast, shrapnel, and gunshot wounds in what he called a "conveyor belt of carnage."
On arrival, Mr Sears was immediately thrown into a mass casualty incident where two children, aged nine and 11, had died from blast injuries.
He said: "I was tasked with moving the two deceased children out the way to make space for other casualties coming in. I put the children in body bags and zipped them up.
"In the UK I've had to deal with a number of deceased children, but the difference w