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3.1 Nusseirat Refugee CampJ4Patient: HJ [Minor; name redacted and retained atthe offices of PHR-Israel]Gender: MAge: 2 and a halfWitness: The patient’s mother, Faten Abd El RahmanAl JidiDate of Interview: 30 Aug 2014Location of Interview: Medinat Hussein al Tibbeya,Amman, JordanInterviewer/s: Alicia VacasAlso present: The patient’s mother, Faten AbdEl Rahman Al JidiHome address: Nusseirat Refugee Camp incentral GazaOccupation: N/AInjuries: Paraplegic due to shrapnel in the back.Spinal cord injury - damage at L3-L4 vertebrae -leading to permanent disability.Date/time of incident: 29 Jul 2014, 15:00Location of incident: At the patient’s home, inNusseirat Refugee Camp in central GazaCircumstances of injury: It was the second day of ‘Eidel Fitr (the Muslim holiday at the end of the month ofRamadan). There was an intense attack on the area,mainly by tanks shooting at random. It didn’t last long,around 15 minutes, but caused massive destructionand the patient’s house was partly destroyed. Thepatient was injured in the back by shrapnel.Others killed/injured in same event: The patient’syounger sister aged 10 months was also injuredlightly, but was discharged from the hospitalemergency room after receiving first aid withoutbeing officially admitted.Evacuation and care inside Gaza: The patient wastaken by ambulance to Shuhada’ al Aqsa Hospitaland from there to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, wherehe underwent surgery to remove the shrapnel fromhis back. There were complications after surgeryand the patient suffered spinal cord fluid leakage.His situation became critical so he was referred toAmman on 6 August 2014.164