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3.2 Bureij Refugee CampImage by Alicia Vacas, Medinat HusseinAl Tibbeya Hospital, Amman, Jordan,30 Aug 2014Evacuation out of Gaza: The patient left via ErezCrossing in a convoy of 6 ambulances. No issuesregarding the procedure.Comments on displacement: The house was partlydestroyed but the family still lives there.Comments on rehabilitation: The patient ispermanently paraplegic.J5Patient: Heba Mahmoud Abd Al Rahman ZakoutGender: FAge: 33Witness: Heba Mahmoud Abd Al Rahman ZakoutDate of Interview: 30 Aug 2014Location of Interview: Medinat Hussein Al TibbeyaHospital, Amman, JordanInterviewer/s: Alicia VacasAlso present: The patient’s mother, Raja’ ZakoutHome address: Nusseirat Refugee Camp, Gaza CityOccupation: Housewife. Husband only partlyemployed (used to be a labourer for the PetrolCompany in Rafah but has not received a regularsalary for 5 years as workers are not paid)3. Central Gaza / Middle AreaInjuries: Multiple fractures in both legs withnecrosis and loss of tissue; trauma/wounds in bothlegs; multiple shrapnel injuries of back and head.Mental health: Depressed, insomnia, flashbacks,nightmares, cries during interview.Date/time of incident: 27 Jul 2014 around 13:00.Location of incident: At the patient’s home inNusseirat Refugee Camp in Gaza City.Circumstances of injury: The patient was alone withher children in her apartment on the second floor,while her husband had gone to Friday prayers. Therewere tanks on the streets and random shelling.She entered the bathroom to do the ritual washingbefore prayers and then she heard a first explosion.The house had been hit. The door of the bathroomwas torn off its hinges and broke into pieces. Thepieces fell on her, pushing her to the ground andwounding her leg. She called out to her children165