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5.1 RafahAlso present:Home address: A refugee camp near the Egyptianborder in a densely populated area in Rafah. Thearea has suffered extensive destructionOccupation: N/AInjuries: Head trauma, maxillofacial trauma (palatereconstruction), loss of R eye, burns and shrapnelinjuries of several parts of the body. Visible healinginjuries on head, face, hand and legs.Date/time of incident: 8 or 9 Aug 2014 (testimony ofwitness is not clear -Ed.)Location of incident: In the house of the patient’srelative in the patient’s neighbourhood in a refugeecamp in Rafah, near the Egyptian border.Circumstances of injury: The day before the incident,on 7 Aug 2014 there were 4 explosions in the area.The patient’s mother took him to seek shelter in thehouse of her mother-in-law (the witness, who is thepatient’s grandmother) a few houses away, whereall members of her family and also around 20 otherwomen and children, neighbours whose houses hadbeen destroyed, had gathered together. From therethey continued to an uncle’s house in the samestreet. The uncle was in Jordan, but some familymembers were present. At the time of the attack,of the patient’s family, one aunt, 2 cousins and oneof the children of the cousins were present in the[uncle’s] house.A missile from an F-16 aircraft struck from aboveand hit the centre of their 3-story building, causing ahole going through all floors. There was no warningof the attack. The witness states that the family hasno connection with ‘the resistance.’Others killed/injured in same event: Three (3)children and one woman were killed and 10 wereinjured. The body of the patient’s sister was foundwith a neighbour. The patient’s mother has multiplefractures and a sister was admitted to the EuropeanHospital in Khan Younis with burns on the handsand head, and shrapnel in the head.Evacuation and care inside Gaza: Since Abu YousefAl Najjar Hospital had been attacked 20 and was20See note 19 above212