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By
Mera Aladam
Published date: 17 October 2025 16:14 BST | Last update: 2 hours 29 mins ago
Human rights monitors and medical experts have condemned the conditions of 120
Palestinian bodies handed over by
Israel to
Gaza, noting that many of the remains show "clear evidence" of torture and the possibility of organ theft.
The Government Media Office in Gaza said that official examinations showed that most of the Palestinian bodies retrieved indicated systematic torture, field executions and crushings.
The return of the unidentified bodies came in three batches, with 45 bodies handed over on Tuesday, another 45 on Wednesday and 30 on Thursday.
Muneer Alboursh, director general of the Ministry of Health in Gaza, described the bodies in a
post on X as being "bound like animals, blindfolded and bore horrific signs of torture and burns that reveal the extent of the crimes committed in secret".
"They did not die naturally; they were executed after being restrained. These people were not buried underground, they were kept in the occupation's refrigerators for long months," he added.
Graphic images circulating online show decomposing bodies bound with rope and blindfolded, with what forensic reports have identified as signs of physical torture.
Some clips showed Palestinians viewing screens showing images of the corpses, attempting to identify if the bodies belonged to loved ones.
Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor
noted that remains released from Israel "bore clear marks of hanging, rope imprints around their necks, injuries from close-range gunfire, bound hands and feet with plastic restraints, and blindfolds".
It added that corpses showed signs of being crushed by tanks, while others indicated that individuals were subjected to fractures, burns and deep wounds
Forensic examination of 120 Palestinian bodies show 'clear evidence' of torture and possible organ theft
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