Israel Returns Palestinian Bodies with Organs 'Expertly' Removed, Again
According to The New Arab, UK-based surgeon Dr. Ghassan Abu Sittah reports that bodies of deceased Palestinians returned to Gaza by Israeli forces show signs of 'expertly' extracted organs. While chilling, this isn't a new allegation. A 2009 article in the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet detailed similar claims regarding bodies returned to their families, leading to a diplomatic spat. Before that,
Dr. Yehuda Hiss, former head of Israel’s forensic institute, admitted in 2004 to harvesting organs from deceased Palestinians for years in the 1990s, often without family consent. (So, 'expertly' isn't just boasting, it seems.) One might wonder why such 'expert' practices, publicly acknowledged by Israeli officials in the past, seem to resurface whenever the global spotlight shifts from domestic
concerns (like, say, a Prime Minister undergoing a series of corruption trials) to international 'security operations.' Convenient timing, no? While major US outlets focus on 'both sides have opinions' narratives, the receipts of documented historical abuses just keep piling up like unacknowledged footnotes in a very bloody history book.