Mustafa Hamdan: A Rescue Man Who Carried the Pain of Loss and Continued to Carry Lives from Under the Rubble

Civil Defense Captain Mustafa Hamdan continues his work saving lives in Gaza despite the martyrdom of his father and brothers. He recounts difficult missions and tragic scenes, including an attempt to rescue a girl he couldn't reach before she was martyred due to a lack of equipment.

Civil Defense Captain Mustafa Hamdan, head of the fire and rescue department at the Al-Tuffah center in Gaza City, continued his rescue work despite the martyrdom of his father Jamal (65) and his brothers Khaled (40), Yahya (30), Muhammad (39), and Musa in Israeli massacres during the war. Hamdan tells the newspaper "Filastin" about difficult missions, including an attempt to rescue a girl from under three concrete ceilings with hand tools, but she was martyred before they could reach her. He also speaks about the targeting of the UNRWA clinic in the Al-Sabra neighborhood, rescuing two children from the Al-Daour family, and the martyrdom of his colleague Ali Omar and his hand injury. He describes the psychological pressures of the work, the fire of the Al-Masri family in which the children's bodies were charred, and the shortage of civil defense vehicles after the ceasefire on October 10, 2025.