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3.3 Deir Al Balahthe same tank missile that hit his wife.Others killed/injured in same event: The witness’swife was injured (see EJM4 above-Ed.)Evacuation and care inside Gaza: No ambulancescould reach them because of ‘firing’ in the area sothe witness was taken by private car to Shuhada’Al Aqsa Hospital; there x-rays showed multipleshrapnel fragments in his R hilar lung and liverbut required no further management. He wasdischarged and released.Evacuation out of Gaza: NoneComments on displacement: Family homedestroyed, the last the witness heard his family wasstill living in an UNRWA school. He has problemscommunicating with them as the phone has run outof credit and he was denied an access permit fromthe Israeli authorities to go to the West Bank to getmore money.Comments on rehabilitation: Still with shortnessof breath on any kind of exertion, the patient isworried about his lung function and thinks he mightfeel the shrapnel in his liver. He needs reassuranceabout the benign nature of the shrapnel remainingin his lungs and liver and needs rehabilitationregarding breathing and exercise. These issues arestraightforward and should be resolvable on anoutpatient basis if he is put in touch with a goodprimary care physician or nurse.3. Central Gaza / Middle AreaJ12Image by Alicia Vacas, Medinat HusseinAl Tibbeya Hospital, Amman, Jordan,30 Aug 2014Patient: SK [Minor; name redacted and retained atthe offices of PHR-Israel]Gender: FAge: 8Witness: The patient’s father, Hilmi SuleimanAl KarnawiDate of Interview: 30 Aug 2014Location of Interview: Medinat Hussein Al TibbeyaHospital, Amman, JordanInterviewer/s: Alicia VacasAlso present: The patient’s father, Hilmi SuleimanAl Karnawi171

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