:::::Your opinion, or rather, original research , into what is or isn't BS, is of little interest to me. We have reliable  sources quoting  medical experts that say  the shrapnel removal was atypical, and done w/o any apparent medical need. Whether  or not the Palestinians were trying  to hide something is open to specualtion, but if reliable  sources mention it in this context, it belongs  the article, in it's  section