In 2009, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet published a sensation story, claiming Israel was killing Palestinians to harvest their organs. This report caused outrage from both sides. In response, an American interview with Jehuda Hiss, a top Israeli forensic scientist, was released. Interviewed in 2000, the head of Israel’s Abu Kabir forensic institute admitted that the organs of dead Palestinian prisoners were harvested for research, without their families consent. These organs were harvested from both dead Palestinians and Israeli soldiers and civilians.