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5.1 Rafahinterview heavy breathing, almost stridor by sound,flaring of nostrils.-R leg amputation very high near the hip.-L leg fracture.-R shoulder deep wound, deformed with skin graft,R humerus fracture; comment at second interview:healing but will require plastics repair later or willleave significant scar.-Head trauma. At second interview: burns, scatteredand small, healing, on back of head.-Malnutrition. At second interview very thin anddepressed-Diagnosed with PTSD by hospital psychiatristDate/time of incident: 21 Jul 2014, 06:30Location of incident: At the home of the patient’sgrandfather in Rafah, southern Gaza.Circumstances of injury: The family was at thegrandfather’s house. A small house next to theirswas bombed by the army and the shockwave broketheir windows. Some of them left the house whenit happened, and then a bomb landed 2.5 metersfrom them. (cf. testimonies at EJJ1a/EJJ10. Thisdescription is not incompatible; the difference maybe in the interpretation of the first blast as either a‘roof-knock’ warning strike or a shockwave from thestrike on the neighbouring house-Ed.)Others killed/injured in same event: According tothe first interview, 11 family members were killed(cf. the testimony in EJJ1a and EJJ10 above-Ed.),and 6 were injured - 2 are at the European Hospitalin Gaza, 2 (this patient and his cousin in testimonyEJJ1a/EJJ10 above) in St. Joseph, and 2 in Egypt. 18Evacuation and care inside Gaza: An ambulancearrived within 5 minutes, and the patient was taken toAbu Yousef al-NaJjar hospital in Rafah. He was therefor 30 minutes and then transferred to the EuropeanHospital in Khan Younis, where he stayed for 3 daysreceiving endotracheal intubation, chest drains on bothsides, laparotomy and fasciotomy of R leg.Evacuation out of Gaza: The patient was transferredto St Joseph Hospital in East Jerusalem on 24 Jul2014 with no delays or problems reported.18According to a separate forthcoming survey of Gaza injured who werereferred to Egypt, a patient named Badr Siam was hospitalized at the PalestineHospital in Cairo.5. Southern Gaza / Rafah207