Forensic Institute

Israeli Health Ministry

Hostages were murdered in the past two days

Forensic examinations of the six bodies of the hostages which were recovered on Saturday found that they were shot to death at point-blank by Hamas terrorists in the past 48-72 hours.

Police:

Remains found in vehicles that burned on October 7th

The police have begun examining charred remains found in vehicles that were hit with anti-tank missiles during the massacre to determine if they are bone fragments.

Seven months later:

Massacre victim Elyakim Libman identified

The Kiryat Arba regional council announced that he fought bravely and saved many lives as Hamas attacked.

Rabbi of Forensic Inst:

'Thought I've seen everything, can't unsee'

Rabbi of the Institute of Forensic Medicine speaks about dealing with victims of the Meron disaster: ‘I can’t un-see what I have seen.’

Haredi Rabbi:

'We will set the entire state on fire'

Violent protests against the autopsy of a 13-year-old boy found dead in his home are now in their second day.

Body of man accidentally shot during Jerusalem attack exhumed

Prosecutors received permission from the family of Yuval Kestelman to exhume his remains as part of the investigation of his death.

'The bodies should have been brought immediately'

'At least four cases where people were identified by photo, but when they saw the body realized it was a mistake,' Dr. Chen Kugel says.

'We only received the bodies at noon'

'If we had received the bodies at 8am, we could have finished identifying them all before Shabbat,' head of Forensic Institute says.

Family: Terrorist Victim's Skull Buried With Her Murderer

The family of a woman who was killed in a terror attack is suing the state, after discovering that part of her was buried with the terrorist