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were so close to the civilian population that Dr. Qdeih’s grandfather mistook them for[Palestinian] fighters, when he saw the fully-equipped soldiers using gas masks. Thegrandfather went up to one of them and, patting him on his shoulder, said: “Ya’atikaal ‘afya” (may God strengthen you). The relatives around him were terrified at hisboldness and pulled him away. The grandfather of Dr. Qdeih was present at theinterview and confirmed this account to the second FFM team.Dr. Qdeih tried to get the 31 injured into his overcrowded clinic. He triaged patientsaccording to the severity of their injuries (severe bleeding; neurological response).Shock and hysteria were a major problem. The majority of the injuries were shrapneland bullet injuries of the upper body (chest, neck, abdomen, back and hands). He hadsome local anaesthetics but worked without it once it had run out. Similarly, he hadsome suture, but used normal sewing thread to close wounds once it had run out.Samia Abu Daka turned back with most of the group after her injury, holding her childwith one arm and her abdomen with the other. She couldn’t reach her family’s house,so was taken to her cousin’s (Dr. Qdeih’s) clinic. She described the clinic as small andcrowded with 60-70 people, all lying on the floor in the inner yard and at the entrance.Due to the overcrowding, the doctor could only clean and dress her wounds. She wasaccommodated on the floor of the inner yard on a mattress.5. Attack on the clinic, 23 July 2014, 17:00The clinic, a private primary healthcare centre, was clearly marked as such with twosigns outside. Nonetheless it came under attack.According to both Dr. Qdeih and Samia Abu Daka, at about 17:00 Samia Abu Dakaasked Dr. Qdeih to move her from where she was sitting. Just after she was moved,a missile fell and struck the spot where she had been sitting. A second missile struckat the same time, hitting the water tank, causing damage to it and to the wall andinjuring several people including the doctor himself, with shrapnel. Dr. Qdeih wasobliged to remove a piece of shrapnel from his left knee without any anaesthetics.The doctor’s brother, Ahmad Qdeih, who was at the water tank at the time, 11 was hitby this second missile and died of his injuries about 10 minutes later.Dr. Qdeih’s cousin, Rami Qdeih, suffered a shoulder injury. He had been lying onthe single bed in the clinic’s treatment room when the television in the clinic roomexploded. Rami ran out of the house after this injury and was shot. His family laterfound him dead, on their way out of Khuza’a the next day (see below at Para.8).Later, Dr. Qdeih heard extensive explosions close to his house. There were 2 missiles/bombs that sounded as if they were beside his house. He believes that they were firedfrom an F16 as an attack on his house. Approximately 1 hour after the initial attackon the clinic, a missile hit Dr Qdeih’s brother’s house about 45 meters from the clinic.Twenty to twenty-five (20-25) people were reported to have been injured in this strike.11He was fetching water for a pregnant woman who had been injured by shrapnel at an earlier stage, causing injuries of herliver and kidney.84