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Chen Kugel (; born 14 May 1962) is an Israeli forensic pathologist, and chief pathologist of the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute.
As head of the Forensic Institute, Kugel oversaw the investigation of bodies from the 7 October attacks, and was interviewed for various media outlets to discuss his findings. For this work he was awarded the Israel Prize in March 2024.
On 18 October 2024, following Yahya Sinwar's killing by the Israel Defense Forces, Kugel conducted an autopsy on Sinwar's body. He concluded that Sinwar died from a gunshot wound to the head, causing severe traumatic brain injury.
In a piece in The Media Line focused on his work, Kugel again claimed that many of the bodies, including those of babies, were without heads. When asked if these had been decapitated, Kugel answered yes. He added that it was difficult to determine whether they had been decapitated before or after death, or whether their heads had been "cut off by knife or blown off by RPG".
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> The biblical archaeologist finding the victims Hamas burned, Nov 5th 2023, Wendell Steavenson, The Economist
However Haaretz, citing sources including Israel's National Insurance Institute, kibbutz leaders and the police, reported that one baby was killed on 7 October;
target="_blank" rel="nofollow"> Hamas Committed Documented Atrocities. But a Few False Stories Feed the Deniers, Nir Hasson and Liza Rozovsky, Dec 4, 2023, Haaretz hit by a bullet when militants fired at the door of a family's safe room in kibbutz Be'eri. Three generations wiped out by Hamas in Kibbutz Be’eri, Etgar Lefkovits, October 23, 2023, Jewish News Syndicate Haaretz concluded that any claims of beheaded babies were false. In a detailed investigation Le Monde also concluded claims of beheaded babies were false.
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