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The FFM teams acquired an overview of impressions regarding patterns ofinjuries and deaths from the Gaza forensics department officials. In addition, 370photographs of the dead were shared with the team, in some cases together withdocumentation. This information is summarised later in this report under Part B, 1.‘Types and patterns of injuries’; 4.2 ‘Allegations regarding irregular weapons’; and inAppendix 2 of this report. The FFM teams were not granted access to examine tissuesamples (see 3. ‘Limitations’ below for further details).The forensic evidence regarding the dead in this report is limited to descriptions of theofficial photographs of the dead victims and some associated documentation. Elsewhere,forensic assessments were made via medical observation of patients’ injuries, medicaldocumentation of injuries and other evidence provided by witnesses on site.2.4 Khuza’a – focus and site visitA focussed site visit was conducted in the town of Khuza’a in the Khan Younisgovernorate in the south of the Gaza Strip on 10 September 2014, with an additionalvisit held on 12 November 2014. This site was chosen due to the difficulties reportedby rescue organisations and reporters in accessing the site, and the need to collectfirst-hand evidence regarding various allegations made. Other sites where masscasualties were reported, notably Shuja’iya in Gaza City and Rafah, were bettercovered and reported by others in real time or shortly after the events. Part C of thisreport is devoted to the findings from this visit, along with cross references to otherinterviews held with emergency evacuations services and with a hospitalized patientwho was injured at the site. 252.5 Interviews with Israeli doctorsThe principal mandate of the FFM was to investigate the health and human rightsimpact of events in the Gaza Strip. However, a member of the second FFM team didinterview two military reserve doctors from the Israeli army, and a community doctorfrom the south of Israel, in order to ascertain the procedures for medical evacuationof Israeli soldiers injured during the attacks, and to learn more about the psychosocialimpact of the rockets from Gaza on the Israeli communities in the south of Israel.The findings from these interviews can be found in Part B, Chapter 5. ‘Evacuation,medical management and referral’ and 7.3 ‘Psychosocial and mental health impactof the attacks.’3. LimitationsDue to the limited timeframe and resources at the disposal of the FFM teams, noattempt was made to cover the entire territory of the Gaza Strip or to document25Interview sortcode EJJ15.25