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Dr. Qdeih said:I was carrying my own child in my arms, and he was terrified. On the way, my sonwas begging me not to leave him behind even if he died, because the soldiers wouldtake his body or leave him lying on the street, like the many bodies we were leavingbehind. I couldn’t take care of the little child crying out for help, but I promised himthat I would call ICRC and bring an ambulance for him. I actually did this as soon as wemanaged to reach safety. Now I feel shame and guilt because I left this boy behind.When the first FFM team interviewed a PRCS coordinator in Gaza City, 15 he showed avideo of an evacuation from Khuza’a on 24 July 2014, as an example of the evacuationteam being held at a military checkpoint for three hours with no explanation. Thefootage includes a child holding his abdomen and begging for assistance. The natureof his injury and his age suggest that this was the same child described above.Judging from the location of the footage, Bader was at the checkpoint and was inthe process of being evacuated from Khuza’a, but the evacuation was blocked by thearmy. In the video he asks for water (which the paramedic explained he could not givehim due to his injuries) and asks not to be left alone. 16In the opinion of Dr. Qdeih the Israeli soldiers and officers must have seen the boy,since they were on the streets in the same area, but no one facilitated his evacuation.It is the opinion of the FFM teams that the army must have seen him at least by thetime he was being treated by ambulance teams, since they were present on site andblocking the ambulances’ access.According to Dr. Qdeih and the PRCS coordinator interviewed by the FFM team, theboy, Badr Qdeih died of his injuries after arriving at the hospital.10. Ramadan Qdeih and his family, 25 July 2014:Occupation of a civilian home; execution of a civilian;interrogation and beatings; ‘human shields’.Ramadan Qdeih was interviewed by the second FFM team during their visit toKhuza’a on 10 September 2014. According to him, he remained with 60 members ofhis extended family throughout 21-25 July 2014, in the basement of the home of hisfather, Muhammad Tawfiq Qdeih [a different basement from the one described inthe other testimonies above, see point 7 on the map-Ed]. On the morning of 23 July2014, Ramadan Qdeih’s family group tried to leave the basement to join the largegroup in their first attempt to leave Khuza’a but were forced back into the basementby shooting. 17 The night between 23 and 24 July 2014 was ‘terrible’ because the Israeliforces fired teargas grenades into their basement, and the situation became almostunbearable. People were crying and had respiratory problems and chest pain, butthey did not dare leave due to the shelling in the area.15On 19 Aug 2014, in Gaza City.16The footage is available by special request.17Described above at Para 3.89