Forensic Medicine

‘It felt like victory’: IDF dentist on identifying last Gaza hostage Ran Gvili - interview

“We started hearing [celebratory] shouts from soldiers all around. It was indescribable, a significant moment,” 'L' recalled. “There wasn’t a single dry eye.”

IDF works to identify body of St.-Sgt.-Maj. Ran Gvili, January 26, 2026.
Israeli police officers pay their respects outside of the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute, as the body of last Israeli hostage arrives in Tel Aviv on January 26, 2026.

How Israel used forensic dental findings to identify last Gaza hostage Ran Gvili - explainer

Itamar Shlesinger.

Itamar Shlesinger's remains found after two years near Ein Hod in northern Israel

Israel Fire and Rescue personnel attempting to recover remains found in cistern outside of Kfar Zoharim, December 9, 2025.

Remains found in cistern near Beit Guvrin identified as missing person Moshe Tzabari


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

Acute care units for survivors of sexual assault currently operate in 11 hospitals across Israel, providing comprehensive medical, emotional, and forensic care.

 The Lotus Center - acute care room at Kaplan medical center

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

Modern tests find no evidence of toxins that led to the 130-year old conviction of Dr. Urbino de Freitas.

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

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

“We were met with depths of evil and malice that could not be conceived," Dr. Kugel said.

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

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