Did Israel harvest organs before returning corpses to Gaza? – Not a Ceasefire Day 32

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Did Israel harvest organs before returning corpses to Gaza? – Not a Ceasefire Day 32
Member of the UK Parliament Yvette Cooper visited Jordan last week, where she saw warehouses full of aid still waiting to get into Gaza even though families are in crisis. (social media)

Compilation of news reports – IAK staff

(While a “ceasefire” is ostensibly in place, Israel has continued its assault on Gaza without interruption. If Americans Knew considers the war to be ongoing, and in its 765th day.)

Since the “ceasefire” began, Israel has killed at least 243 Palestinians, including 97 children, with approximately 609 others injured.

Israel has violated the truce agreement at least 194 times.

The Gaza Ministry of Health stated that the Gaza Strip currently records the highest rate of limb amputations among children worldwide in proportion to its population.

Additional statistics below.

GAZA NEWS:

(For some basic info on the Palestine-Israel conflict, go here. For more critical context, skim this, this, and this. To read about a remarkable but underreported, 20-month-long peaceful protest in Gaza against Israel, go here.) 

Palestinian bodies returned by Israel with organs ‘professionally removed’: surgeon

The mutilated bodies of Palestinians returned by Israel show signs of expert organ removal, likely for organ harvesting, renowned British-Palestinian plastic and reconstructive surgeon Dr Ghassan Abu Sittah has said after seeing photos of the victims.

“In all the bodies that organs were harvested or removed are those that are now routinely transplanted: the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and corneas,” Abu Sittah said, adding, “there was no damage to the remaining organs, meaning the extraction was carried out surgically by an experienced surgeon.”

“The method of extraction – the rib cage and ribs were clipped with a sharp saw – a medical saw, a bone saw – and the sternum, along with the central part of the ribs, was lifted to allow for the removal of the heart and lungs without damage to the organs being taken,” he said.

Israeli government officials have previously admitted that Israel harvested the skin, corneas, heart valves and bones of Palestinians up until the year 2000 (continue reading here).

Red Cross teams deliver the bodies of 30 Palestinians, who were detained by Israeli forces during the war and handed over as part of the ceasefire deal, to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on October 30, 2025.
Red Cross teams deliver the bodies of 30 Palestinians, who were detained by Israeli forces during the war and handed over as part of the ceasefire deal, to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, Gaza, on October 30, 2025. (Abdallah F.s. Alattar – Anadolu Agency)

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Senior UNRWA official describes difficulties getting aid into Gaza

John Whyte, UNRWA’s senior deputy director for Gaza operations, told Irish news outlet The Journal that Israel “just won’t let anything that’s owned by UNRWA go in. So they’re requiring us to hand our supplies over to other agencies, who then bring them in. But we also have to take the UNRWA logo off everything, which causes us a lot of hassle.”

“All of this is trying to just undermine the humanitarian effort, which has been the case right throughout the war,” Whyte said.

UNRWA’s 5,000 agency-owned trucks currently are blocked from entering the territory.

Only 4,453 trucks have entered Gaza since the ceasefire began, far short of the 15,600 expected by the end of last week, according to Gaza’s Government Media Office, as saying. Daily deliveries average 171 trucks instead of the 600 stipulated in the agreement, and Israel is blocking more than 350 essential food items, including eggs, meat, fish, and fresh vegetables while allowing nonessential goods at inflated prices.

Trucks carrying food and fuel are passing through the Kissufim Border Crossing and heading on November 06, 2025.
Trucks carrying food and fuel are passing through the Kissufim Border Crossing and heading on November 06, 2025. (Mohammed Nassar – Anadolu Agency)

OCCUPIED WEST BANK/EAST JERUSALEM HEADLINES:

(Every day, Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem endure dozens of incidents like the ones below, at the hands of Israeli soldiers and/or settlers. For background on the West Bank, read this and this. For information on the significance of Israeli settlers in the West Bank, read this and this.)

Israeli Colonizers Injure A Palestinian Near Hebron

Seven Palestinians Injured in Colonizers Attack Near Jerusalem

Israeli Forces Invade West Bank Towns, Abduct Civilians

Israeli colonizers torch olive groves in southern Nablus

Israeli Colonizers Assault Workers, Olive Harvesters Near Jerusalem

Occupation Authorities Confiscate 3 Homes in Jerusalem

New Outpost Threatens Bedouin Communities East Of Jerusalem

Israeli Forces Shoot a Young Man Near Jerusalem

NEWS & HEADLINES ABOUT ISRAEL:

(Israel is a tiny country, about the size of New Jersey, with a population smaller than the US state of Georgia – about 10 million (of which about 20 percent are Palestinians), yet it is in the news constantly. As has been demonstrated again and again, however, mainstream media rarely covers Israel accurately. IAK passes along only factual reporting.)

Israeli forces arrested 442 Palestinians in October, including 33 children: Rights groups

The Commission of Detainees and Ex-Detainees Affairs, the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society and the Addameer Prisoner Support and Human Rights Association have released these figures in a joint statement.

Rights groups and even the US State Department have accused Israel of frequently making arbitrary detentions of Palestinians, keeping people locked up for years in some cases without trials or charges.

As of April this year, an estimated 10,000 Palestinians were being held in Israeli jails.

RELATED: Welcome to Hell: the Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture Camps

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Israel received on Sunday the remains of another Israeli hostage under a Gaza ceasefire agreement. The army confirmed that the remains belonged to soldier Hadar Goldin, who was captured by Palestinian fighters in 2014 during an Israeli war in Gaza.

RELATED: Did Israeli army deliberately kill its own captured soldier [Hadar Goldin] and destroy Gaza ceasefire? (2014)

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HEADLINES ABOUT ISRAEL:

2 killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon despite ceasefire

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the largest-ever delegation of U.S. lawmakers visiting the Jewish state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, Sept. 15, 2025.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the largest-ever delegation of U.S. lawmakers visiting the Jewish state at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, Sept. 15, 2025. (Credit: GPO.)

HEADLINES FROM ISRAELI MEDIA:

(Get a glimpse inside Israel and the turmoil and contradictions within the country, the truths that are told, as well as myths and lies that are published as facts.)

Israeli Authorities Arrest Settler Allegedly Seen Clubbing Palestinian Woman During West Bank Olive Harvest in Video

OTHER NEWS & HEADLINES:

Kushner arrives in Israel for unannounced talks

Amid Destroyed Health System, Gaza Sees Severe Outbreak of Autoimmune Disorder

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