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Damage caused by a 'roof-knock' strike and by the main strike that followed it, Beit Lahiya, north Gaza.subsequent strike outside their home, which caused several deaths and injuries.• The fourth patient to describe a warning prior to his injury 53 reported receivinga telephone warning. After the family had fled the house they realised they hadforgotten a baby inside. After the patient went back to get the baby, the housewas attacked and he (the patient) was hit, causing the injuries described duringhis hospital interview. Three minutes after they had left the house, it was blownup completely.• Another patient 54 reported a family member receiving a telephone warning toleave his home; however, this was two weeks after the incident that had injuredhim, in which his home and all the homes of his extended family had beendestroyed or rendered uninhabitable.• Finally, one patient 55 reported a previous warning telephone call that had led tohis leaving his home in northern Gaza. However, after the family relocated toan UNRWA shelter, they were attacked there, without warning, leading to hispresent injury.More generally, the Information Officer for the Ministry of Health Dr. Abd El QaderLubad 56 said that because so many people were hit while in the street fleeing theirhomes, many people in Gaza eventually decided not to leave home even after a warninghad been received. This response is supported by the findings of the team in Khuza’a. 572.3.2 Warnings not followed by an attack53Interview sortcode EJJ1454Interview sortcode GS155Interview sortcode J1056Interview held 20 Aug 2014 by the first FFM team57See Part C. ‘Khuza’a - focus and site visit’.41

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