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1.5 Jabaliasure of further details because of the chaos.Evacuation and care inside Gaza: The patient wasevacuated by ambulance, which took 10 minutesto arrive; he was taken to Kamal Edwan Hospital inJabalia, where he was first thought to be dead; twohours later he was transferred to Shifa hospital inGaza City where he stayed 1-3 days [notes unclear-Ed.]. External fixation of L leg was performed atShifa Hospital. Due to overflow of patients at Shifa,the patient was then transferred to Ma’amadaniHospital [former name of Al Ahli Arab Hospital inGaza City - Ed.] where he stayed for one month.Evacuation out of Gaza: Due to infection of hiswound, the patient was transferred to MaqassadHospital in East Jerusalem, arriving there on 20Aug 2014. At Erez Crossing there were no delays.An Arab man swept over his body with gloves andchecked for residue; 5 a soldier scanned him with ahand-held machine.Comments on displacement: The patient’s familyhome is completely destroyed. His wife and parentsare in Gaza.Comments on rehabilitation: At Maqassad Hospital,the external fixation was removed (because ofinfection) and at time of interview he has healingshrapnel wounds of his extremities. He has nohearing problems but decreased sight in his L eye.He is now awaiting internal fixation repair but thereis the soft tissue damage, and swelling and theinfection demands must be cleared before repair. Adrain is in place in his still very swollen leg. Patientis on antibiotics; appears depressed. He has lostconsiderable weight and muscle mass.It is too soon to tell how his leg will respond tocurrent treatment or when internal fixation can beapplied. If things go well, he will need several monthsof rehabilitation and physical therapy to regainstrength and full weight-bearing use of his leg.1. Northern Gaza5See Note 3.124