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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 625

National Institute of Forensic Medicine (Abu Kabir)

Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (lunopark/Shutterstock.com)
June 4, 2025, 7:00 am
Daughter of famed Noahide archaeologist found dead in her home; son suspected killer
73-year-old Sarah Richardson moved to Israel with her father, later converted to Judaism; police find son digging in yard, suspect he was trying to bury mother, hide evidence
By Charlie Summers
Body bags of victims from the Hamas onslaught of October 7, 2023, are stacked in a container at the Shura military base, near Ramle, October 24, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)
April 26, 2025, 2:28 pm
IDF still holding 350 bags of unidentified human remains from Oct. 7 massacre – report
Military rabbinate reportedly wants to repeat forensic examination, which religious services ministry opposes; issue said set for decision in a committee over coming days
By ToI Staff
IDF officers salute a casket containing the body of slain hostage Shiri Silberman Bibas, late on February 21, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
February 22, 2025, 9:43 pm
Forensics chief confirms ID of body of Shiri Bibas, no evidence she died in explosion
Comments come after Israel assesses she was ‘brutally murdered’ with her sons in November 2023; Hamas insists she died in airstrike, accuses Israel of disseminating ‘baseless lies’
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
This undated photo provided by Hostages Family Forum shows Shiri Bibas, who was abducted and taken to Gaza on Oct. 7, 2023. (Hostages Family Forum via AP)
February 22, 2025, 5:39 am
Shiri Bibas’s body returned to Israel; officials assess she was ‘brutally’ murdered with sons in Gaza
Announcement comes after Hamas finally delivers body overnight, a day after her 2 young sons were determined to have been murdered in cold blood by terrorists in Strip
By ToI Staff and Emanuel Fabian
Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas (Courtesy)
February 18, 2025, 5:02 pm
6 hostages to be freed Sat.; Hamas says bodies of Bibas mom, kids set for Thurs. return
Family of Shiri, Ariel and Kfir Bibas ‘in turmoil’ over Hamas announcement, has not received Israeli confirmation; only 3 living hostages were to go free this week, but Hamas will instead release all 6 of phase 1’s remaining living hostages
By Lazar Berman
Family and friends attend the funeral service of Avraham Munder, who was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023 and killed in captivity, and the reburial of Munder's son Roee who was murdered on October 7, following the recovery of Avraham Munder's body from Gaza, at the cemetery in Kibbutz Nir Oz, on August 21, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
August 22, 2024, 6:51 pm
Bullet wounds in bodies of all 6 hostages from Gaza suggest they were killed by captors
Abu Kabir Forensic Institute provides initial autospy findings of bodies recovered by IDF in Khan Younis tunnel; bodies of terrorists found nearby also examined, no gunshot wounds
By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff
Alon Penzel speaks at a Government Press Office conference (Government Press Office)
July 19, 2024, 10:18 am
Israeli college student compiles unblinking guide to dark trail of Hamas massacre
Foreign Ministry to distribute to embassies and visiting delegations 23-year-old’s English-language book of uncensored testimonies from October 7 survivors, volunteers and medics
By Diana Bletter
Illustrative: Human remains of victims of the mass murderous attack by Hamas on southern Israeli communities on October 7, 2023 await advanced examination at the National Center of Forensic Medicine (Abu Kabir) in Jaffa, October 16, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 21, 2024, 1:59 pm
With need spiking, government said to okay funds for 2nd forensic medicine institute
Existing facility unable to handle volume; plans for new one predate October 7, but gained renewed urgency following massacre and ensuing forensic oversights
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: A police car at the scene of a crime. (Israel Police)
January 4, 2024, 1:14 pm
Police arrest suspect over roommate’s death after hours of binge drinking
Tatyana Krasymenko, 53, declared dead at scene; suspect’s lawyer denies suspicion of ‘reckless homicide,’ notes he called paramedics
By Michael Horovitz
Rabbi and IDF Col. (res.) Yaakov Ruzah, 79, was called for reserve duty one day after Hamas's October 7 onslaught. (Courtesy)
December 27, 2023, 8:46 am
The world’s foremost rabbinic authority on declaring death grapples with Oct. 7 horrors
Drafted back into the army following the Hamas massacre, Rabbi Yaakov Ruzah says the terrorists’ atrocities have left even Judaism’s voluminous written tradition at a loss for words
By Mati Wagner
Illustrative: The Ramle police station in an undated photo published by Israel Police on July 3, 2022. (Israel Police)
December 19, 2023, 2:52 pm
Parents arrested after 7-year-old daughter dies weighing only 18 pounds
Emaciated girl admitted to hospital without vital signs; police suspect neglect and abuse; parents give conflicting accounts of her treatment, have no criminal record
By Michael Horovitz
Prof. Gila Kahila Bar-Gal assisting with DNA extraction and amplification at the National Center of Forensic Medicine (Abu Kabir), November 2023. (Courtesy)
December 11, 2023, 2:32 am
Expert in ancient DNA and wildlife forensics helps identify Oct. 7 massacre victims
Hebrew University Prof. Gila Kahila Bar-Gal uses her knowledge of difficult DNA extraction and physical anthropology as she volunteers at Abu Kabir
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Aviad Frija (left) at a military courtroom, Dec. 5, 2023 (Walla screenshot); Yuval Castleman. (Courtesy)
December 8, 2023, 4:40 pm
IDF exhumes body of hero civilian shot dead by reservist; autopsy aims to aid probe
Yuval Castleman was killed by Staff Sgt. (res.) Aviad Frija after he stopped deadly terror attack at Jerusalem bus stop; Frija says he mistook Castleman for a terrorist
By Emanuel Fabian
Posters calling for the release of hostages held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, outside the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, October 21, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 22, 2023, 2:56 pm
Daily Briefing Oct 22: Day 16 of war – what first, toppling Hamas or finding hostages?
Editor David Horovitz on need to maintain long-term goals to prevent future brutal massacres; health reporter Renee Ghert-Zand on chilling morgue visit and stories of heroism
By ToI Staff
Charred bone shards are all that remain of some of the victims of the mass murderous attack by Hamas on southern Israeli communities on October 7, 2023. Scientists and anthropologists examine and try to extract DNA from them for identification purposes at the National Center of Forensic Medicine (Abu Kabir) in Jaffa, October 16, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
October 17, 2023, 4:08 pm
Foreign media given unprecedented access to forensic institute to witness atrocities
Staff at Abu Kabir work 24/7 along with colleagues in IDF and police to identify victims of mass butchery by Hamas terrorists; in some cases identification likely impossible
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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