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Paramedic injured in IOF artillery shelling of Southern Gaza

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7 April 2011

At approximately 6:20pm on Thursday 7 April 2011, the IOF fired an artillery shell at the vicinity of the Gaza International Airport in the southeast of Rafah town.
As a result, an ambulance, which was in the area to collect casualties, was partially damaged and its paramedic Hasan Husni Al Heela, 42, sustained injuries from shrapnel.
It was reported that the injury was caused by flechette shrapnel in his right hand.
Medical sources described his injury as moderate.
In his affidavit to Al Mezan, Al Heela said that he and another paramedic, Musa Mahmoud Obied, went to the area south to the Gaza International Airport after being informed about the death of a Palestinian man.
He added that as soon as they reached the dead body an artillery shell was fired at them.
He was sitting on the right side near the ambulance driver.
He sustained injuries in his right hand.
They instantly left the area without carrying the dead body and arrived at the Abu Yousif An-Najjar Hospital.
After a medical examination was performed,it was clear that he had been injured from flechette bomb splinters in his right arm.
The windows and the body of the ambulance also sustained similar splinters.

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