A brief history of Israel’s theft and trafficking of Palestinian organs by Healthcare Workers for Palestine

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On August 5, 2024, three hundred and three days into their genocidal onslaught on the people of Gaza, the Israeli Occupation returned to Khan Younis the bodies of 89 Palestinians in a shipping container. The living, desperate to identify their loved ones, were met instead with the embodiment of mass death. Decomposed beyond recognition, the corpses retained none of their histories. Were these the bodies of tortured detainees? Were they corpses stolen from bulldozed graves in Gaza? The Occupation refused to say. Without the ability to do DNA testing, Palestinian officials were unable to identify the bodies and had no choice but to bury them, bag by bag, in a single large grave near Nasser Hospital.

… In the aftermath of the ceasefire as people returned to areas the IOF withdrew from they found further evidence of bodies in mass graves. According to Euro Med “Concerns about organ theft from the corpses were brought up by Euro-Med Monitor, which cited reports from medical professionals in Gaza who quickly examined a few bodies after their release. These medical professionals found evidence of organ theft, including missing cochleas and corneas as well as other vital organs like livers, kidneys, and hearts.”

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Palestinian Organisations Send Submission to the Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions on Israel’s Continued Oppression of Palestinians Beyond Their Killing by Palestinian Centre for Human Rights and others

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On 6 February 2024, in response to a call for input issued by the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions for his upcoming report on the protection of dead persons and their human remains, including of victims of potentially unlawful killings, Al-Haq, Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association, Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR), Al Mezan Center for Human Rights, and Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Center (JLAC) sent a joint submission underscoring Israel’s continued and systematic oppression of Palestinians beyond their killing.

Specifically, the submission highlights the mutilation of Palestinian bodies by the Israeli occupying forces (IOF); the withholding of Palestinian bodies, including those of prisoners and detainees; the use of mass graves especially during the ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip; and digging of Palestinian graves and cemeteries. The submission further places such draconian policies and practices within the broader context of Israel’s Zionist settler-colonialism and apartheid regime.

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