Walaa Abu Mustafa, 33, also works as a doctor in Nasser Hospital’s emergency unit, AFP reports.

She too was stunned to find her aunt Samira and her husband Tawfik and their 15-year-old son Sharif among “dozens” of victims of an Israeli strike who arrived at the hospital on Friday.

Samira and Sharif were already dead on arrival while Tawfik succumbed to his wounds shortly afterwards, she said. “The torn body of my cousin arrived wrapped up in a sheet,” she said.

“My aunt was like a mother to me,” she continued, struggling to catch her breath. “I can’t speak, I’m in shock over what happened.” But she too has vowed to “continue my work, because it’s my duty and there aren’t enough doctors”.