A Palestinian ambulance worker screamed in agony as he realised the corpse he was carrying on a stretcher was that of his own mother.

Breaking down in tears, Abed Bardini was filmed shouting “I didn’t know it was her” as he leaned over the body he was transporting to the Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in central Gaza.

The paramedic was barely able to walk as he pushed the gurney through the hospital premises, burying his head by that of the shroud-covered body.

Samira, 61, was fatally injured in an air strike and her son had sat unknowingly next to her body inside the ambulance, the Associated Press reported.

Three people were killed and at least 10 wounded by a strike on a car in Maghazi refugee camp on Wednesday, according to Palestinian health officials.