Palestinians in Gaza worried about Israel stealing organs from bodies

A Palestinian woman, Rasmia Kodeih, has been demanding the release of her deceased son’s body from Israeli authorities for almost three months.

Kodeih, whose son was killed on Oct. 7, believes that his body is detained by Israeli authorities.

Kodeih told Anadolu that she feared that Israel would “steal his organs.”

“Stop Israel’s theft of martyrs’ organs. I want my son’s complete body back, with all of his organs,” sobbed the Palestinian mother.

Kodeih condemned “the Israeli audacity to steal organs from the bodies of Palestinians in full view of the world.”

“This is a major crime that requires Israel to be subjected to trial and punishment,” Kodeih said.

“I am a mother. I just want them to give me my son’s body as it was,” she stressed.

Since the beginning of the ground Israeli war on the Gaza Strip on Oct. 27, Palestinian families have reported that they do not know the fate of their family members who were arrested by the Israeli army and taken to unknown destinations.