United Nations, Feb. 21 -- UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned as "abhorrent and appalling" the parading in Gaza of coffins bearing the remains of four hostages during a transfer to Israel. "We have seen how Hamas handed over the bodies of a mother and two children from the Bibas family, as well as that of an 84-year-old man," said Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for Guterres, on Thursday. "I can tell you that the Secretary-General condemns the parading of bodies and displaying of the coffins of the deceased hostages in the manner seen this (Thursday) morning, which is abhorrent and appalling."

The staged transfer to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was before a crowd of onlookers in Khan Younis ...