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Abdelwahab carried bodies from the wreckage, half-closing his eyes so the blood and devastation would not slow him down. He kept going even after the civil defence teams arrived.

“I wore a mask, but I could smell the smoke - and the dead,” he said.

He saw dead bodies of men, women, elders and toddlers. Among those killed was Nader Khalil, who had worked at Rifai Nuts for 35 years.

“He was a nice man. I knew him because he bought water from me every day,” Abdelwahab said. “What did he do to deserve this?”