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3.2 Bureij Refugee Campand they all came to the bathroom and startedcrying and shouting at seeing her wounded. At thatmoment the house was hit a second time and someof her children were wounded. She saw the fleshof her legs flying around her and shouted to thechildren to leave the house and go down the stairs.As soon as they left the house was hit a third timeand completely destroyed.Others killed/injured in same event: Some of thepatient’s five children were also injured; no details.Evacuation and care inside Gaza: Ambulancescouldn’t reach the area easily because the streetswere full of rubble, due to the heavy barrage. Ittook around 30 minutes to complete evacuation.Paramedics took a long time, up to 15 minutes,trying to help the patient onto the stretcher. Herlegs were smashed and ‘wouldn’t hold together,’and the bleeding was very heavy. The patient wastransported by ambulance to Shuhada’ al AqsaHospital, where she received 11 units of blood andunderwent surgery to remove the shrapnel and dosome basic debridement. The goal of the surgerywas to save her life, but it was decided that thetreatment of the wounds should be done abroad.After being stabilized she was referred to Amman.Evacuation out of Gaza: On 29 Jul 2014 the patientwas transferred to Medinat Hussein Al TibbeyaHospital in Amman, Jordan. The trip was very longand exhausting, since the patient was in seriouscondition and fainted several times during the trip.The roads in Gaza were bumpy and made her cryout with pain. The security check at Erez Crossingwas extremely difficult and painful. They had to waitaround 2 hours until all 6 ambulances were checked.A female soldier examined every inch of her bodyand touched her without taking into considerationher many fractures and wounds. They left thehospital in Gaza at 11:00 and reached the Jordanianhospital around 20:00.The patient thinks the bombs used against themhad some chemical or bacterial components becausethe three women patients in the room and theiraccompaniers agree that most patients arriving inAmman had their wounds infected by Pseudomonas,166