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2.1 Al Tuffahevery time he woke up he couldn’t endure the senseof loss and grief. Quote from patient:‘I suffer so much the absence of my family. There isno consolation. You are making us hate so much. Ourchildren have to cheer when a bomb is going to killother people [this statement when a Qassam rockettook off nearby-interviewer]. What have we become?’2. Gaza CityEJM17Image by Activestills Maqassad Hospital,East Jerusalem, 29 Jul 2014Patient: Rahmeh Muhammad Al AtawiGender: FAge: 33Witness: Rahmeh Muhammad Al AtawiDate of Interview: 29 Jul 2014Location of Interview: Muqassad Hospital,East JerusalemInterviewer/s: PHR-Israel staffAlso present: The patient’s sister; Sami, aPalestinian paramedic from an East Jerusalemambulance service who transferred the patient fromErez Crossing to Jerusalem.Home address: Al Tuffah neighbourhood, Gaza CityOccupation: HousewifeInjuries: Injury to spinal cord, paraplegia.Date/time of incident: 20 Jul 2014, 11:00Location of incident: At home in Al Tuffahneighbourhood Gaza CityCircumstances of injury: The patient was at home,a 3-story house, with 17 other people, all on thesecond floor in the middle. There were attackson the Shuja’iya neighbourhood nearby. Familymembers phoned the patient to tell her to leavethe house because of bombings nearby. Duringthe phone conversation with her family she hearda missile strike from a tank. [On her way] fromthe bedroom to the living room she heard threeexplosions. Her mother, who was in the house withher, had a broken leg from a prior condition andcould not move. The patient tried to get her motherout without success. A tank missile/shell enteredthe house. It seemed to her that it was aimed at the137