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<h1 class="gmail-reader-title">Israel Stole Organs from Bodies of Palestinians - Gaza Authorities</h1>December 27, 2023</div>
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Gaza authorities have accused Israel of stealing organs from Palestinian bodies. (Photo: via Eye on Palestine)
<p><strong>By <a href="https://www.palestinechronicle.com/writers/palestine-chronicle-staff" title="Display all articles for Palestine Chronicle Staff">Palestine Chronicle Staff</a></strong> </p>
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<h3><span>Gaza authorities accused Israel on Tuesday of stealing organs
from the bodies of Palestinians and called for an international
investigation into it.</span></h3>
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<p><span>In a statement, the government media office in Gaza said that
the examination of bodies revealed that their shapes changed
significantly due to the theft of vital organs from the corpses.</span></p>
<p><span>Early on Tuesday, the Israeli authorities released the bodies
of dozens of Palestinians killed by the Israeli army who were detained
during its ground operation.</span></p>
<p><span>“The occupation handed over unidentified bodies and refused to
specify the names of these martyrs. It also refused to specify the
places from which it stole them,” the statement said. </span></p>
<p><span>The office also criticized “the silent position of the
international organizations operating in Gaza, including the
International Committee of the Red Cross, towards such an awful crime by
the (Israeli) occupation.”</span></p>
<p><span>The Israeli authorities are yet to comment on the accusations.</span></p>
<p><span>On November 24, the Geneva-based organization Euro-Med Monitor
called for the creation of an independent international investigation
committee into organ theft suspicions.</span></p>
<p><span>In a </span><a href="https://euromedmonitor.org/en/article/5982/Int%E2%80%99l-committee-must-investigate-Israel%E2%80%99s-holding-of-dead-bodies-in-Gaza%E2%80%8B"><span>statement</span></a><span>
published on its website, the group said that “Euro-Med Monitor has
documented the Israeli army’s confiscation of dozens of dead bodies from
Al-Shifa Medical Complex and the Indonesian Hospital in the northern
Gaza Strip, and others from the vicinity of the so-called ‘safe
corridor’ (Salah al-Din Road) designated for displaced people heading to
the central and southern parts of the Strip.”</span></p>
<p><span>Euro-Med Monitor added that the “Israeli army also dug up and
confiscated the bodies from a mass grave that was established more than
10 days ago in one of the Al-Shifa Medical Complex’s courtyards.”</span></p>
<p><span>The statement also noted that “Israel is thought to be the
biggest hub for the illegal global trade in human organs, according to a
2008 investigation by the American CNN network, which also revealed
that Israel participated in the theft of organs from dead Palestinians
for illegal use.”</span></p>
<p><i><span>(PC, ANADOLU)</span></i></p>
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