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3.2 Bureij Refugee CampEJM4Patient: Reem Salama NabaheenGender: FAge: 35Witness: Reem Salama NabaheenDate of Interview: 10 Sep 2014Location of Interview: Maqassad Hospital, EastJerusalemInterviewer/s: Jennifer LeaningAlso present: The patient’s husband (see also histestimony EJM5 below-Ed.); PHR-Israel staffHome address: Bureij Refugee Camp, central GazaOccupation: HousewifeInjuries: L leg fixation; R leg soft tissue damage fromshrapnelDate/time of incident: 28 Jul 2014Location of incident: At the patient’s family home inBureij Refugee Camp, central GazaCircumstances of injury: (see also testimony EJM5below, of husband injured in same incident-Ed.) Thepatient and her family of 5 were living in two roomson the first floor of a building; a warning(?) missilehit one room and some kind of chemical smellerupted. When the patient and her husband fled tothe other room where her parents were staying asecond tank missile hit them.Others killed/injured in same event: The patient’shusband was injured (see EJM5 below-Ed.)Evacuation and care inside Gaza: The patientreported there was ‘firing’ to stop ambulances fromgetting to them. After an unspecified delay she wastaken by private car to Shuhada’ Al Aqsa Hospital. Atthe hospital some Palestinian surgeons trained inGermany wanted to amputate her L leg; she refusedand other surgeons at the hospital applied externalfixation and discharged her after 5 days. Becauseher home had been destroyed the family was livingin an UNRWA school. She stayed there for 5 daysbut began to feel very ill. She returned to Shuhada’Al Aqsa Hospital and was referred to MaqassadHospital in East Jerusalem.Evacuation out of Gaza: The patient was transferred3. Central Gaza / Middle Area169