[4] 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.

He concluded that Sinwar died from a gunshot wound to the head, causing severe traumatic brain injury.

Chen Kugel, appearing for the defence, stated that the pneumonia had not been properly treated and "the large amounts of morphine" Hurndall was receiving contributed to his death.

"[10] 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.

[11] 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".