Tuesday 5 February 2008

Are Young Palestinians being murdered for their organs?

Israel on Tuesday tacitly admitted that doctors at the Israeli forensic
institute at Abu Kabir had extracted the vital organs of three Palestinian
teenage children killed by the Israeli army nearly ten days ago.

Israeli Minister of Health Nessim Dahhan said in response to a question by
Arab Knesset Member Ahmed Teibi that he couldn't deny that organs of
Palestinian youths and children killed by the Israeli forces were taken out
for transplants or scientific research.

"I couldn't say for sure that something like that (taking out the organs) didn't happen."

Teibi said he had received credible evidence proving that Israeli doctors
at the forensic institute extracted such vital organs as the heart,
kidneys, and liver from the bodies of Palestinian youths and children
killed by the Israeli army in Gaza and the West bank.

The Israeli authorities normally detain the bodies of martyred Palestinians
for a few days without any explanation.

The Israeli army on 30 December killed three Palestinian boys, aged 14-15
near Khan Younis in unclear circumstances.

The army issued conflicting reports on the killing, while Palestinian
sources charged that Israeli troops murdered the three unarmed boys in cold
blood.

The bodies of the three boys were handed over to the Palestinians for
burial on 6 January.

However, shortly before burial, Palestinian medical authorities examined
the bodies and found out that the main vital organs were absent from their
bodies.

The Israeli media has nearly completely ignored the affair!