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Body of small child killed playing in rubble, in morgue of Shifa Hospital. Photo by LR, 11 Sep 2014in white cloth was lying on one of the two autopsy tables when they entered themorgue. When asked if it was an accident since the cloth was soaked with blood atthe back of the child´s head, he responded that the deceased was a 2.5-year-old girlwho had been playing in the remains of a shelled house when a door suddenly fellonto her and she died. He did not explain whether she had died immediately or in thehospital. He showed the team a part of the child´s head and face and they observed abandaged laceration with surrounding bruise on the top of the head.According to UN sources, there are thousands of Explosive Remnants of War (ERWs)throughout the Gaza Strip following the conflict of July-August 2014, representing adaily safety risk as well as an obstacle to the return of IDPs.An IDP interviewed by the second FFM team said that his family found 10 shellsamong the rubble of their destroyed home in Tel Al Hawa, Gaza City, as well as oneunexploded F16 bomb. 140 They notified the relevant bomb squad unit, but it took onemonth for them to come and defuse it.6.3 Psychosocial and mental health impact of the armed conflict,with focus on minorsThe majority of the 68 hospitalized patients interviewed by the team exhibitedemotional symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to varying degrees,including insomnia, flashbacks, nightmares, screaming, loss of appetite, weight loss,depression and labile emotional states.140Fadi Abu Awuda, interviewed 8 Sep 2014 by the second FFM team.68