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Damage to inner yard of clinic, where Samia AbuDakka was lying, Khuza׳a. Photo by HPH, 10 Sep 2014Samia Abu Daka.Photo by AV, 12 Nov 2014evacuation by speaking to the Israeli military authorities, the PRCS and ICRC, withno success. An ambulance reportedly arrived in the area around midnight but wasprevented by Israeli forces from approaching.The team met with some of the children of the town who had experienced the eventsdescribed, including sheltering in the clinic and basement. They took the team aroundthe sites, told them of the violence they had witnessed and described symptomssuggestive of PTSD, including nightmares, flashbacks and night bedwetting.7. Attack on the basement, 24 July 2014According to Dr Qdeih on 24 July 2014 at about 05:00 he found a teargas canister atthe entrance to the stairs of the basement. All the people in the basement felt as ifthey couldn’t breathe due to the gas. They were coughing, sneezing and crying ‘hottears’. They could not leave due to the severe bombing in the area but they also feltthey could not stay as they had significant difficulty breathing. Some people weregoing in and out of the basement to get air. Others stayed in this basement for atleast 2 hours. Later that morning, at about 10:30, a missile, believed by Dr. Qdeihto be launched from a drone, blew open the basement gate/door, injuring severaladults and children who had been sitting on the stairs. 12 Dr. Qdeih called everyoneto leave the basement. Some of the young people in the group broke through a brickwall that separated the back yard of this house from the neighbouring house. They12This is a more accurate description of the event than that reported by Samia Abu Daka, who experienced the attackas destruction of the house. The doctor was in a better position to ascertain the extent of the damage, which was notdestruction of the entire house but only damage to the entrance to the basement. Cf Samia’s interview at interview sortcodeEJJ15.86