Risking her life to save lives
Ignoring rocket and missile fire, a young Australian woman is one of the few combat paramedics in Gaza - and she even came under attack during an interview with 7News.
Elle, whose surname cannot be revealed for security reasons, is one of the few combat paramedics in Gaza, and everyday she risks her own life to help wounded civilians and soldiers.
The 21-year-old, who is originally from Melbourne and grew up in Perth, has just spent three weeks in Gaza for the Israeli military and was almost killed by a rocket propelled grenade.
"You hear the whistle of the RPG, and everyone's heart just stopped," she said.
7News reporter Alex Hart spoke to her soon after an Israeli air strike killed ten Gazans sheltering in a school.
"I came here for a reason and now I feel like I'm fulfilling it," she said.
During the interview, the camera crew came perilously close to the fighting and was forced to take cover from an incoming rocket - not once, but twice.
In a job fraught with danger, Elle is unphased.
"You learn to live with it," she said matter-of-factly.
She says no one wants innocent people to die, but neither should hundreds of deaths be in vain.
"I want us to really finish what we went in there to do, otherwise the 60 something soldiers that died would be fighting for nothing," she said.
