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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Abu Kabir Forensic Institute

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
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
Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine near Tel Aviv, June 13, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 21, 2023, 5:20 pm
Collapsing under load, national forensic center closes for a day
With only three doctors available, Abu Kabir struggles to handle the 21 bodies brought in over weekend
By Renee Ghert-Zand
In this handout photo, a police officer investigates at an apartment in Haifa where a decomposing body was found in the wall, August 9, 2023. (Israel Police)
August 9, 2023, 4:38 pm
‘I thought it was a doll’: Handyman finds decaying body inside Haifa apartment wall
Decomposing remains wrapped in plastic are discovered by construction worker after landlord spotted suspicious concrete bulge; body sent for forensic analysis
By ToI Staff
The grave of Yosef Melamed, at the Nahalat Yitzhak cemetery, Tel Aviv. (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)
September 25, 2022, 12:56 pm
Fate of Yemenite baby determined after DNA from exhumed body matches relatives’
Forensic scientists confirm grave belongs to Yosef Melamed, whose remains were the first of 9 due to be tested as part of probe into Yemenite children affair
By ToI Staff
Forensic teams exhumes the grave of Yosef Melamed at the Nahalat Yitzhak Cemetery on July 27, 2022 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 9, 2022, 6:52 pm
Experts said to identify DNA from remains exhumed in state kidnapping probe
Genetic profile successfully reconstructed for first time in Yemenite Children Affair; results to be compared with Yosef Melamed’s relatives to see if exhumed remains belong to him
By ToI Staff
Tair Rada. (YouTube screenshot)
July 18, 2022, 4:48 pm
Hair found at scene of girl’s murder could match partner of defense-accused woman
Tair Rada’s case has gripped Israel, due to brutality of her murder and retrial of Roman Zadorov, initially convicted and serving prison time for crime
By ToI Staff
Yemenite Jewish children and their toys in the Hashed camp near Aden, Yemen. 1949. (David Eldan/GPO photo archive)
May 15, 2022, 10:14 pm
For first time, grave of alleged ‘disappeared’ Yemenite baby to be exhumed
At request of surviving family, authorities plan to take DNA sample next week in effort to determine if interred child really is Uziel Houri, who was said to have died in 1952
By ToI Staff
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