Severed fingers and incisions: Bodies returned by Israel shock Gaza families by Maha Hussaini

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Many of the remains delivered to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis were difficult to identify – some with severed parts, others bearing long-stitched incisions.

This has led families to suspect that vital organs or body parts were taken while their relatives were in Israeli custody.

Yet forensic doctors in Gaza say they cannot confirm or refute these claims, as the Ministry of Health lacks the equipment needed for full examinations…Khalil Hamada, director general of forensic medicine in Gaza, told MEE that bodies handed over by Israeli authorities can only be examined externally, with no possibility for internal inspection.

… Israel has returned the bodies of 345 Palestinians to Gaza. Only 99 have been identified so far. 

The rest were mostly buried in mass graves without identification.

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