Army forensic teams in Israel have examined bodies of victims of last week’s attack by Hamas on communities around the Gaza Strip and found multiple signs of torture, rape and other brutalities, officers said Saturday.

About 1,300 bodies have been taken to an army base in Ramla, central Israel, where forensic tests are being carried out by specialist teams to identify the dead and establish the circumstances of their deaths.

Around 90% of the dead soldiers have been identified while teams have also identified about half of the dead civilians, said Rabbi Israel Weiss, a former army chief rabbi and one of the officials overseeing the identification of the dead. He added that many bodies bore signs of torture as well as rape.

“We saw dismembered bodies with arms and legs cut off, people who were decapitated, a child who was decapitated,” a reserve officer who gave only her first name, Abigail, told reporters.

She added that many cases of rape were also established by the forensic examination of the corpses, which were kept in refrigerated containers.

“We are doing identification with all the means we have,” said a military dentist, identified as Captain Maayan. “They have been severely abused. We find gunshots and we find marks that clearly come from torture.”

Reuters notes that military personnel overseeing the process of identifying the bodies did not present forensic evidence in the form of photographs or medical reports.

Hamas, the Islamist movement that controls the Gaza Strip, has denied allegations of abuse.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has compared Hamas to Islamic State, the jihadist group that has become infamous around the world for its public beheadings in countries such as Syria and Iraq.