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4.1 Khan YounisJ9Image by Alicia Vacas, Medinat HusseinAl Tibbeya Hospital, Amman, Jordan,30 Aug 2014Patient: Najwa Ahmad Muhammad Al GhalbanGender: FAge: 39Witness: Najwa Ahmad Muhammad Al GhalbanDate of Interview: 30 Aug 2014Location of Interview: Medinat Hussein Al TibbeyaHospital, Amman, JordanInterviewer/s: Alicia VacasHome address: Al Awida Street, Khan Younis,southern GazaOccupation: Housewife, husband is a paramedic andambulance driver who has not received any salaryfor the last 4 monthsInjuries: Fracture of L tibia and fibula, with bonedestruction. External fixation, several graft operationsdone; multiple shrapnel injuriesDate/time of incident: 23 Jul 2014Location of incident: Outside the home of Abu HijazaAl Ghalban, Ma’an Diwan, Khan Younis.Circumstances of injury: The patient decided that herown house was not a safe place for the family, as therehad been many attacks in the area, so she went withher children to Ma’an Diwan, the house of Abu HijazaAl Galban. She spent a few days there and at a certainpoint she decided that it was time to go back to theirhouse. Her son was supposed to take her and thefamily’s belongings in his tok-tok (3 wheel motor-Ed.).When they were on the street getting ready to go,an ‘explosive barrel’ was dropped by an F-16 aircraft.Many buildings in the street were destroyed.Others killed/injured in same event: Seven peoplewere killed in the attack and many others werewounded. The patient knew some of these neighboursand said they were elderly; one family had an adultdisabled daughter.Evacuation and care inside Gaza: The patient’s sontook her to the European Hospital in Khan Younis inthe same tok-tok they had been loading with theirbelongings. There were many soldiers around in thestreets but they ‘ran away’ when they saw peoplerunning to help the injured after the huge explosion. She4. Southern Gaza / Khan Younis194