Forensic Medicine

Forensic teams may not be able to identify hostage bodies as decay advances with time, experts warn

Time erases evidence, erases findings, undermines the chances of recovery, and severely damages the ability to provide graves.

 IDF soldiers recover Shiri Bibas's remains on Saturday February 22, 2025.
 The Lotus Center - acute care room at Kaplan medical center

What happens after sexual assault? A guide to immediate care in Israel

 Forensic analysis exonerates doctor in a 19th century Porto poisoning case. Illustration.

Forensic analysis exonerates doctor in a 19th century Porto poisoning case

 IDF soldiers recover Shiri Bibas's remains on Saturday February 22, 2025.

Shiri Bibas was not killed by IDF airstrike, forensic evidence confirms


Shiri Bibas's remains identified after forensic analysis in Israel

Hamas transferred the remains to the Red Cross in Gaza, which were then brought to the Institute of Forensic Medicine for confirmation.

 Pictures of Shiri Bibas and her children Kfir and Ariel, in Jerusalem, February 20, 2025

'Unspeakably evil': Kfir, Ariel Bibas were brutally murdered in Gaza captivity, not by IAF strike

Though the bodies of the two murdered young children were a DNA match, the body of their mother, Shiri, was not.

A tag is seen with images of Yarden, Shiri, Ariel, and Kfir Bibas

Three out of five Abu Kabir doctors resign, institute on brink of collapse

The institute's doctors are sometimes required to work day and night, travel from their homes to external sites, and often perform dozens of surgeries a week while dealing with very difficult sights.

View of a sign at the entrance to Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine

Meet the forensic dentist identifying Israel's dead through their teeth

The job of a forensic dentist is never easy, she says. It requires respectful dedication to the dead and their living relatives.

 DR. ESI SHARON- SAGIE: ‘We in Shura keep in mind that we’re doing ‘hessed shel emet.’

How forensic anthropology helps identify victims of the October 7 massacre

Gradually, the staggering scope of the tragedy unfolded, and the Forensic Institute staff realized that the task of identifying the vast number of bodies couldn't be accommodated at Abu Kabir.

View of a sign at the entrance to Abu Kabir Institute of Forensic Medicine