Israeli forensic teams find signs of torture, rape, mutilation on bodies of 1,300 murdered by Hamas
By Alex Oliveira
Israeli forensic teams working to identify the bodies of more than 1,300 people murdered by Hamas since last week's sneak attack said they've found widespread signs of abuse ranging from physical torture, to rape and mutilation, military officials confirmed.
"We've seen dismembered bodies with their arms and feet chopped off, people that were beheaded, a child that was beheaded," a reserve officer told reporters Saturday, according to Reuters.
She added that numerous victims showed signs of rape.
"We see them in severe stages of abuse. We see gunshots and we see signs that are purely torture," a military dentist working on the identification, Captain Mayaan, said.
The bodies of Hamas' victims have been brought to an army base in Ramla, in central Israel, where specialists set to work identifying them and determining causes of death.
Nearly 90% of the military dead brought to the base have been identified so far, and about half of the civilian casualties have been named, according to Rabbi Israel Weiss, an official overseeing the process.
Hamas has denied carrying out any abuses against the victims of its attack, despite considerable photographic evidence and accounts emerging in the past week.
The latest figures estimate about 1,400 Israelis have been killed in the conflict, according to CNN. At least 2,670 Palestinians have been killed in retaliatory strikes on Gaza.
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