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Louis Reynolds, South Africa (LR)Retired Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics andChild Health at the University of Cape Town. More than 30 yearsclinical experience in general paediatrics, paediatric intensive care,pulmonology and neuromuscular disorders of childhood.International experience: Founding member and chair of People’sHealth Movement, South Africa. Extensive experience of health and human rightsviolations under apartheid in South Africa. Special interests in child health andsurvival, health and human rights, and the rights of the child.Role in the FFM: Second FFM team member; focus on paediatrics, psychosocial impactof the attacks and displacement.Alicia Vacas, Comboni Sisters (Jerusalem) (AV)Registered nurse and qualified international health expert.International experience: Many years of experience as a Comboni Sisterin public health settings in Egypt and the occupied Palestinian territories.Participated in a previous PHR-Israel/PMRS fact-finding mission to theGaza Strip in 2009. Currently lives in Al-’Azariya, East JerusalemRole in the FFM: Member of both FFM teams; assisted with interpreting; participatedin a majority of the patient interviews; travelled to Jordan to interview injured personshospitalised there; visited Gaza a third time in November to complete missing data.2. MethodologyDocumentation of experiences and events during the armed conflict between 8 Julyand 26 August 2014 was collected within a health and human rights framework. Inparticular, the FFM teams acknowledge the principles of international humanitarianand human rights law, including the duty to protect civilians and medical personnel,vehicles and facilities, and to ensure the safe evacuation of the wounded.Documentation was collected using the following methods:2.1 Visits to the Gaza Strip, 19 August 2014 – 12 November 2014Entry of the FFM experts into Gaza was facilitated by PHR-Israel through official requestfor entry permits submitted to Israeli government ministries and the Israeli militaryauthorities at Erez Crossing. The FFM experts entered the Gaza Strip in two teams:First FFM team: 19-21 August 16The first FFM team, comprised of 4 experts, entered Gaza on 19 August, during aceasefire. The ceasefire broke down several hours after their entry, but the teamremained in Gaza under bombardment for two days, returning to Tel Aviv on 21 August.16Participants: Dr. Jutta Bachmann, Sister Alicia Vacas, Dr. Önder Özkalipci, Prof. Laurel Baldwin-Ragaven and PHR-Israel staff19