We want the war to end': 12-year-old volunteer paramedic works to save lives in Gaza DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA -

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DEIR AL-BALAH, GAZA -- While he'd rather be playing games with his brothers or studying in school, 12-year-old Zakaria Sarsak said he no longer has that option. He, instead, said he spends his days racing from one emergency to another across the Gaza Strip, riding with an ambulance crew to ghastly scenes of war to collect the dead and save the wounded. As an incredibly young volunteer paramedic in the war-torn region, Zakaria told ABC News the carnage he witnesses daily makes him long for his life before Oct. 7, 2023, the day Hamas terrorists launched a surprise invasion of Israel, killing more than 1,200 people and kidnapping others, according to the Israeli officials. Zakaria's homeland was turned upside down when Israel retaliated by unleashing a barrage of missile strikes and a ground campaign that has now claimed the lives of more than 32,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry. With more than 74,000 people injured from the attacks, Zakaria said his assistance has been welcomed by his fellow ambulance crew members.

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