1/28/2005 4:00:00 PM GMT
Part of Israel’s harsh actions against the Palestinian civilians in the occupied territories, a doctor at the Israeli army used bodies of Palestinians killed by the Israeli occupation forces to give medics lessons in anatomy, Breaking the Silence organization reported after collecting new testimony from Israel Defense Forces soldiers on harsh actions carried out in the territories.
On Thursday, IDF sources claimed that the Israeli army was unaware of the incidents.
Haaretz reported that an IDF conscript, serving as a medic in the Ramallah district, told the Israeli news agency two years ago told that the "lesson" had taken place following a clash between Palestinian fighters and the Israeli forces.
According to the Israeli soldier, the Palestinian's body was riddled with bullets shot by the Israeli army, causing some of his internal organs spill out of his body. The doctor then "took out a knife and began to cut off parts of the body," the soldier said.
"He explained the various parts to us - the membrane that covers the lungs, the layers of the skin, the liver, stuff like that," the soldier said. "I didn't say anything because I was still new in the army. Two of the medics moved away, and one of them threw up. It was all done very brutally. I saw other dead enemy bodies during my service. No other doctor did anything like that."
Another similar incident was reported by another Israeli soldier who served in Hebron in October 2000.
The soldier told Breaking the Silence that the Israeli forces fired live rounds at a 21-year-old Palestinian, Mansour Taha Ahmed.
The Israeli soldiers attacked Ahmed while he was standing some distance from a group of stone-throwers.
The soldier said that while he was firing rubber bullets at the stone-throwers, he heard his comrade firing live rounds at the young man, instantly killing him.
Up till now, no military investigations were launched into the two incidents.