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2.2 Al Shati Refugee CampAlso present: Önder Özkalipci (second visit)Home address: Shuja’iya, Gaza CityOccupation: N/AInjuries: In ICU at first interview. Shrapnel in head(see image for photo of shrapnel extracted on 18Aug 2014), entered right posterotemporal, lobe andwas found in the left anterofrontal lobe, causinginjuries to the internal capsule. Full paralysis of leftleg, partial paralysis of left hand, dysphasia. Internalbleeding in her skull at the first interview, ICU staffwere waiting for the intracranial haemorrhage toresolve before deciding whether or not to operateand remove shrapnel.At second visit, the patient was post-surgery, in theward, but staff clarified that left-sided hemiplegiawould persist for the longer term as her braincerebral ventricles are still full of blood.Note from forensic expert: Medically, I would guessthat her hemiplegia is really due to cortical injuriesrather than haemorrhage in her ventricles.Date/time of incident: 28 Jul 2014, 24:00Location of incident: Shati Refugee Camp, Gaza CityCircumstances of injury: On the first day of Eid Al Fitr,the patient and her mother left their home in Shuja’iyabecause of the bombings, to stay with her grandparentsin Shati refugee camp. The patient and her grandfatherwere playing on a swing in a playground in the campwhen the playground was bombed. 7Others killed/injured in same event: 11 others werekilled including the patient’s grandmother. 50 wereinjured, including the patient’s grandmother and 4 ofher cousins.Evacuation and care inside Gaza: The patientwas evacuated by neighbours and later found bythe family in Shifa Hospital ICU in Gaza City. Sheremained in ICU for 3 days and was then referred toSt Joseph Hospital in East Jerusalem.Evacuation out of Gaza: The patient was transferredon 31 Jul 2014, with no delays. She left Gaza at 11:30and arrived at the hospital at 12:30. On 18 Aug 20147For media accounts of this event see Ma’an news, 28.7.2014, in which anIsraeli allegation that the playground was hit by Hamas, and not by Israel,is also cited. Available at http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=716699 .144