A/HRC/28/78 interventions. These relatively fortunate patients accounted for, however, only a fraction of the thousands of Palestinians in need of treatment unavailable within Gaza, but not granted permits by Israel to leave the territory. Palestinian doctors and health professionals in Gaza explained that the inadequacy of their own medical facilities and the lack of trained specialists were a consequence of the years of blockade that prohibited the import of potential “dual-use” materials and the travel restrictions imposed by the Israeli authorities that prevented young doctors and medical personnel from receiving advanced medical training abroad. 29. In such circumstances, Palestinian health specialists pointed out that the presence of a number of foreign doctors in Gaza during the conflict had helped considerably, but could not compensate for the inadequate facilities available in Gaza. According to health specialists in Gaza, the medical equipment most needed included radioscopy, ultrascan and optical equipment, as well as drugs, vaccines and other basic disposables, such as gloves and gauze. The electricity crisis that resulted from the strike on the only power station in Gaza on 29 July, during Israeli military operations, also weighed heavily on the provision of health care, as back-up generators were pushed to the limit. 30. On 21 September 2014, the Special Rapporteur visited King Hussein hospital in Amman where a number of Palestinian patients from Gaza were being treated. One young Palestinian woman had been injured when three Israeli missiles hit her family home near Khan Younis without any warning on the evening of 8 July 2014. Her three brothers and grandmother were killed instantly, and a total of 12 family members suffered injuries. She suffered further injuries when the ambulance, which was evacuating her, was hit on route to the hospital, resulting in a serious injury to her hip and shrapnel injuries across her body. 31. The Special Rapporteur also met with a 14 year-old girl from Beit Hanoun, who lost both her legs and suffered shrapnel wounds and internal injuries when, on 25 July 2014, an Israeli strike hit a UNRWA school, which was being used as a shelter. Her distraught father recounted that she had lost her mother and three brothers in the same attack. According to his testimony, they had decided to evacuate their home a week after the start of hostilities. They first sought shelter at Beit Hanoun hospital, but had moved on to the UNRWA school serving as an emergency shelter, which they thought a safe haven. Despite the visible pain on the girl’s face, she expressed her eagerness to return to school, and shared her dream: “One day, I want to become a teacher”. Children with conflict-inflicted disabilities will certainly require long-term care and support at both school and home. Doctors, health professionals and teachers all highlighted the long-term consequences for the population at large. 32. Community health workers in Gaza informed the Special Rapporteur that they were already dealing with many new cases of children suffering from bedwetting, difficulties in sleeping, nightmares, panic attacks, speech problems, a loss of appetite and alienation from parents. Among other recent findings, the Special Rapporteur received an increasing number of reports of physical violence against children within their families and communities occurring in the context of increased stress faced by parents and relatives. There were also reportedly cases of sexual abuse, particularly of adolescent girls in shelters and in host communities.21 33. Israel reportedly justified its strikes on schools and hospitals in Gaza by claiming that militants were firing rockets from inside those premises; according to the Palestinian doctors from Gaza who spoke with the Special Rapporteur, no rockets had been fired from 21 10 Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, Humanitarian Bulletin, Monthly Report, October 2014.