The Israeli military is holding approximately 350 bags containing the remains of individuals killed on October 7, 2023, which have not yet been identified, stored in refrigerated containers at Camp Shura, the main military rabbinate base near the city of Ramle.

The bodies of police officers, rescue workers, and soldiers are being identified at the Shura camp, as happened on October 7. The bodies of Israeli civilians killed on the same day were also brought there. The bodies of Palestinian fighters killed on the same day were also brought there, and after their identities were identified, they were transferred to refrigerated containers at the IDF's Sde Teiman detention facility near Beersheba, the Ynet website reported Friday.

Some of the Israeli bodies were in such a state that identification was difficult, requiring complex DNA testing and other technological means. They were identified only after a relatively long period of time. The bodies that were identified were buried.

Now, according to Ynet, it has emerged that a year and a half after October 7, two refrigerated containers containing hundreds of bags containing human organs have been found at the Shura Camp, which has yet to be confirmed. The Israeli Chief Rabbinate and the IDF Chief Rabbi are requesting further DNA tests to identify the bodies.

These tests are currently on hold because the Ministry of Religious Affairs is authorized to order them, while the ministry's director general, Yehuda Avidan, opposes re-investigating them and is demanding that the remains be buried in a mass grave.

Following October 7, each identified body was placed in a bag, but in some cases, it was later discovered that organs from multiple bodies were contained in the same bag. Some bodies arrived at Camp Shura in a state that was difficult to identify and incomplete, and some were in such a state that complete DNA profiles could not be extracted.

The extracted DNA is compared to the Israeli military's information database, which includes all the information on soldiers who served over the past 20 years. But what happens when the extracted DNA is not present in the military's information database?

About six months ago, Israeli security officials became concerned that Israeli remains had mistakenly arrived in refrigerated containers at Sde Teiman, where the bodies of Palestinian martyrs have been held since October 7. Following this, the Military Rabbinate conducted tests on human organ samples in 1,660 bags at Sde Teiman.

According to Ynet, Israeli bodies were found during these examinations, and it was decided to expand the examinations and add them to the body bags at the Shura camp, bringing the total number to 350. At least 200 of these bags are suspected to contain identifiable organs and possibly Palestinian remains.

There is currently a dispute between the Military Rabbinate and the Chief Rabbinate over who is authorized to conduct the tests, delaying the tests in an attempt to identify the remains.