USC sold dozens of dead bodies to the U.S. Navy to use for medical trauma training for Israel Defense Forces, according to contracts and a published report.

The Navy has paid more than $860,000 for at least 89 bodies, 32 of which were used for the IDF training, according to the student-led USC Annenberg Media . Under the terms, USC procures and stores the bodies, allows the use of the Fresh Tissue Dissection Cadaver Lab inside Los Angeles General Medical Center and assigns faculty and staff to assist with the Navy Trauma Training Center’s program.

One of the Navy’s contracts gave $516,632 to USC for “cadavers for IDF training” over the past two years and allows for another $224,636 in potential purchases from USC by the end of 2026.

Agreements in 2021 and 2023 called for USC to

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