 Azaria's lawyers contradicted her, citing the testimony of the defense's pathologist Yehuda Hiss.They also questioned her objectivity, arguing that the IDF prosecution had pushed her in the direction they wanted her to go and questioned whether she was an expert in the specific area she was testifying about.In response to the claim that she had presented numerous articles to support her conclusion, she responded that she did so out of professionalism, knowing that there was a counter opinion by Hiss, but that she could have testified without submitting the articles.