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5.1 RafahComments on rehabilitation: If the patient surviveshe will have permanent severe brain damage withneed for constant care. The patient and his siblingsare orphaned and will be in care of their uncle.According to medical report provided subsequently,he was transferred in the same condition byambulance to Shifa Hospital in Gaza City on17 Aug 2014.Note from interviewer: the witness, the patient’saunt, had taken refuge in the same neighbourhoodwith some relatives at the time. She lives in RafahCity, but there was heavy shelling in Rafah at thattime, and on 1 Aug 2014 her son, who was helping asa volunteer, told her that he had buried 110 bodieswith his own hands. She had thought that the AlBaher area would be safer, since the inhabitantswere well known by Israel and it is a rural area. Sheis very emotional and traumatized, suffers fromflashbacks and insomnia.EJJ9Patient: Akram Ahmad Awad Abu AdraGender: MAge: 44Witness: The patient’s brother, Ali Ahmad Awad AbuAdra. The patient is alert but very weak. He takespart in the conversation and corrects some detailswhile his brother relates them.Date of Interview: 12 Aug 2014Location of Interview: St Joseph Hospital,East JerusalemInterviewer/s: Alicia VacasAlso present: The patient’s brother, Ali AhmadAwad Abu AdraHome address: Al Shabura area, Rafah,southern GazaOccupation: Agricultural labourerImages by Alicia Vacas, St Joseph Hospital,East Jerusalem, 12 Aug 2014Injuries: Multiple, exposed fractures in both legs;shrapnel in abdomen and chest; burnsDate/time of incident: 1 Aug 2014210