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2.1 Al TuffahAge: 38Witness: TR [Name redacted and retained at theoffices of PHR-Israel]Date of Interview: 10 Sep 2014Location of Interview: Maqassad Hospital,East JerusalemInterviewer/s: Jennifer LeaningAlso present: PHR-Israel staffHome address: Al Mashahra neighbourhood,Al Tuffah, Gaza CityOccupation: Works at Basma Medical Centre (MAin medical sciences from Islamic University) doingresearch on male fertility issues2. Gaza CityInjuries: Loss of consciousness, conscious at timeof interview with decreased vision in L eye; R Legfixation; L leg fixation; L elbow fixation; hearing inboth ears markedly decreased due to blastDate/time of incident: 21 Aug 2014Location of incident: In the street near the patient’shome in Al Mashahra neighbourhood, Al Tuffah,Gaza CityCircumstances of injury: The patient went out ‘to getsomething’ and was 270 m from his home with histwo brothers and their two sons and four of his ownchildren, three boys and one girl. The children wererunning out in front when a drone missile struck thegroup. He was injured by shrapnel from the missileand could not move.Others killed/injured in same event: The patient’sfour children, two brothers and one of their sonswere killed. Another son is now disabled as a resultof an injury.Evacuation and care inside Gaza: After the strike,the patient was on the ground and his mobile phonewas 4-5 m away; he tried to crawl to reach it butcould not. He called out; neighbours came and thenhe was evacuated by private car to Al Khidma Al‘Ama Hospital in Hai Al Daraj. He was then promptlytransferred by ambulance to Shifa Hospital inGaza City where he spent two weeks, undergoingexternal fixation of L elbow and L leg and receivinga plaster cast for his R leg. He also had abdominalexploratory surgery for shrapnel in the liver and139