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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

forensics

Murder and rape suspect Sami Abu Al-Asal, left, in 2023, and right in 2002. (Israel Police)
June 27, 2024, 2:56 pm
After forensic breakthrough, man convicted of murdering woman in Eilat 21 years ago
Sami Abu Al-Asal sentenced to 23 years behind bars, ordered to pay NIS 100,000 in damages for 2003 murder of 21-year-old Margarita Levy
By ToI Staff
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
Israeli forensic experts work on bodies of Israelis killed by Hamas terrorists in the National Center for Forensic Medicine in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 18, 2023.(AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg, File)
December 1, 2023, 11:11 am
Nearly two months after Oct. 7, for many Israelis, fate of relatives still a mystery
Many families left in limbo, not knowing if loved ones are among the hostages in Gaza or were killed in the Hamas assault, with some bodies almost impossible to identify
By SAM MEDNICK
A face mask left on Roemerberg square in Frankfurt, Germany, November 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, file)
January 20, 2022, 11:29 am
Police use DNA from face mask to crack 13-year-old rape case
Forensic investigators able to match samples from crime scene to suspect, who allegedly brutally raped a tourist in a Jerusalem park in 2009
By ToI Staff
Sharon Brown (Courtesy)
March 19, 2021, 1:26 am
Trailblazing forensics expert who decrypted Ilan Ramon diary retires from force
British-born Sharon Brown wraps up 31-year career with Israel Police ranging from cracking routine white-collar crime forgeries to deciphering damaged docs of national importance
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Examples of Hebrew ostraca from Arad. (Michael Cordonsky, Tel Aviv University and the Israel Antiquities Authority)
September 9, 2020, 9:07 pm
Police forensics join AI algorithms to track down who wrote the Bible, and when
An unprecedented Tel Aviv University study combines human handwriting know-how with cutting-edge computer science to analyze literacy of Judahites in 7th century BCE Arad
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Dr. Judy Melinek (left) and colleague in their PPEs, including PAPR for Melinek. (Twitter)
March 26, 2020, 2:43 am
Forensic pathologists beware: COVID-19 lives on in blood after death
‘It is more resilient in that it sticks around the dead body’: California’s Dr. Judy Melinek develops protocols for limiting exposure of medical staff to virus during autopsies
By Renee Ghert-Zand
A boy looks as forensic investigators comb the ground for DNA evidence near a pile of twisted airplane debris at the crash site of an Ethiopian airways operated Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on March 16, 2019 at Hama Quntushele village near Bishoftu in Oromia region. (TONY KARUMBA / AFP)
March 18, 2019, 12:38 pm
Police team dispatched to Ethiopia crash site to search for Israelis’ remains
Israeli delegation includes crime scene investigators, DNA analysts and dentists as local authorities say identification of victims may take 6 months
By ToI Staff
Turkish forensics and police officers arrive to the Saudi Arabia's consulate in Istanbul on October 15, 2018, to search the premises in the investigation over missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. (OZAN KOSE / AFP)
October 15, 2018, 10:16 pm
Forensics team searches Saudi consulate over missing writer
Investigators to look for signs Jamal Khashoggi was killed in the building, hours after cleaning crew enters with bleach
By FAY ABUELGASIM, Suzan Fraser and Jon Gambrell
Detail from a page of Gil-ad Shaer's recovered diary. (Courtesy)
October 6, 2017, 6:09 am
Murdered teen Gil-ad Shaer’s diary ‘miraculously’ returned to grieving parents
Bereaved mother Bat-Galim Shaer pens memoir, includes excerpts from son’s secret writings that survived Palestinian terrorist kidnappers’ burned car
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Ofir Gross, an Israeli tourist who went missing in April 2016 in Hungary. His body was located by Hungarian authorities on May 1, 2016. (Facebook)
May 3, 2016, 11:36 am
Israeli man found dead in Hungary was beaten to death
Ofir Gross’s body was hidden under construction waste after he was struck repeatedly with bricks, police finds
By Daniel Douek
Argentinian prosecutor Alberto Nisman. (Natacha Pisarenko/AP)
September 8, 2015, 6:49 pm
New tests discredit notion that Argentina’s Nisman committed suicide
Gunpowder found on weapon but not hands constitutes ‘conclusive proof’ of murder, former wife says
By JTA
Alberto Nisman gives a news conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on May 20, 2009. (AFP/Juan Mabromata)
July 13, 2015, 8:44 pm
US pathologist says Nisman death likely a homicide
Argentine prosecutor was found dead hours before presenting evidence of gov’t cover-up of Iran’s role in 1994 Jewish center blast
By JTA
British-born forensics expert Caroline Sturdy Colls. (Courtesy)
April 7, 2015, 10:34 am
British forensics expert shapes the future of Holocaust research
With her new book on non-invasive methods in Shoah archeology, 29-year-old Prof. Caroline Sturdy Colls prepares for a future without eye-witnesses
By Matt Lebovic
Illustrative photo of Kenyan soldiers (photo credit: AP/Ben Curtis)
September 29, 2013, 9:43 am
Israel warned Kenya about terror attack, officials say
Local newspapers report that intelligence indicating dates and locations at risk was given to high-ranking Nairobi officials
By Lazar Berman
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