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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
5.1 RafahLocation of incident: Site of an attack in Rafah, whileevacuating injuredCircumstances of injury: On the day of the incidentthere was heavy shelling on Rafah and ambulancescouldn’t enter safely to evacuate the injured anddead. The patient used his brother’s tok-tok (3wheel motor-Ed.) to take an old couple who hadbeen injured mildly during the attacks to thehospital. Coming back alone in the tok-tok, he washit by a drone missileOthers killed/injured in same event: NoneEvacuation and care inside Gaza: An ambulancearrived within 10 minutes but it was attacked bya missile from the same drone and the driver fled,leaving the vehicle. He returned after 15 minutesand evacuated the patient to the European Hospitalin Khan Younis where he remained for 10 days,undergoing surgery twice.Evacuation out of Gaza: The patient was transferredto St Joseph Hospital, East Jerusalem on 10 Aug2014. The procedure at Erez Crossing was as usualbut the security check was extremely painful asthe soldiers insisted on checking him thoroughly,despite his multiple fractures.Comments on displacement: NoneComments on rehabilitation: Extensive rehabilitationrequired. The patient will need nursing or nursing aidcare post discharge.5. Southern Gaza / RafahEJJ16'Images by Jutta Bachmann andÖnder Özkalipci, St Joseph Hospital,East Jerusalem, 22 Aug 2014'Patient: AD [Minor; name redacted and retained atthe offices of PHR-Israel]Gender: MAge: 10 months oldWitness: The patient’s grandmother, Sahar AbdAl Rahman Abu TahaDate of Interview: 22 Aug 2014Location of Interview: St Joseph Hospital,East JerusalemInterviewer/s: Alicia Vacas, Jutta Bachmann,Önder Özkalipci211
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Gaza, 2014Findings of an independen
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TABLE OF CONTENTS611131516181820222
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There״ was a call for help in a ho
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Meetings and site visits were held
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RecommendationsThe FFM• Calls upo
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Part AIntroduction and Methodology1
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1.2 Composition of the fact-finding
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Louis Reynolds, South Africa (LR)Re
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Meetings and site visits were held
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of their injuries or were either mi
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The FFM teams acquired an overview
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4. Writing and editing of this repo
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Part BFindings and Key Concerns1.Ty
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It is difficult to estimate the exa
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Buses destroyed in the attack on Mu
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Location of incident leading to pat
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2.2 ’No safe place’According to
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intense attacks during the air phas
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In two cases the team was told of w
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advising him that he had ‘five mi
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Injured paramedic Akram Al Awoor, A
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These cases are a clear example of
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Damage to Shuhada' Al Aqsa Hospital
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Casualties arrive at Shifa Hospital
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Bomb fragment shown to first FFM te
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evacuation took 15-30 minutes; in 1
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her wound after arrival at Maqassad
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According to the ambulance drivers,
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the level of violence and threat in
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outside on the grounds; other IDPs
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Body of small child killed playing
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Dr. Kamal Qdeih, of Khuza’a in Kh
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6.3.1 Mental health impact of the a
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6.4.2 Rehabilitation resources in G
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PART CKhuza’a - Focusand site vis
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during the events. She also met Iya
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Ramadan Qdeih and his father, Muham
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were so close to the civilian popul
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Damage to inner yard of clinic, whe
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Samia Abu Daka at place from which
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On 24 July 2014 at about 09:00, mos
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Bullet hole A in front door of Muha
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middle: House's side and front entr
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PART DConclusions andRecommendation
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all crossings and borders, there we
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will persist to others as permanent
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INDEX OF INTERVIEWS BY SORTCODEInte
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1.1 Erez areaWBBJ1 (MED4)Patient: S
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1.2 Beit Hanounof ambulances ahead
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1.2 Beit HanounHome address: Beit H
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1.3 Beit LahiyaEJJ19Image by PHR-Is
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1.3 Beit LahiyaEJM8Image by PHR-Isr
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1.3 Beit LahiyaThere was no fightin
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1.4 Jabalia Refugee Campmaimed, and
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1.4 Jabalia Refugee Camprehabilitat
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1.5 Jabaliarespiratory compromise d
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1.5 JabaliaEJM9Image by PHR-Israel,
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1.5 JabaliaOthers killed/injured in
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1.5 JabaliaInjuries: Broken knee ca
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1.5 JabaliaCrossing they underwent
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2.1 Al TuffahNo warning was given t
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2.1 Al TuffahAge: 38Witness: TR [Na
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2.2 Al Shati Refugee CampLocation o
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2.3 Shuja’iyashe underwent left f
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2.3 Shuja’iyaProgramme and an int
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2.3 Shuja’iyaA near-by house was
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2.3 Shuja’iyaCircumstances of inj
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2.5 Al NaserWBN3Image by PHR-Israel
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2.6 Gaza Beach & PortInjuries: Brai
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2.7 Othertaken by private car to Sh
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