UN chief condemns Hamas parading coffins in Gaza as ‘abhorrent and appalling’ Guterres calls for the release of all hostages, a permanent ceasefire and progress toward a two-state solution. UN preparing to support the third polio vaccination campaign across Gaza, which is set to resume on Saturday. The UN Population Fund reports that nearly 2,400 postpartum kits have been distributed to all hospitals that provide maternity services over the past two weeks. The black coffins, draped in white sheets by the ICRC, contained the remains of Shiri Bibas, her two children, Kfir, 9 months, and 4-year-old Ariel, and Oded Lifshitz, all killed while being held as hostages, were then handed over to Israel. The staged transfer to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was before a crowd of onlookers in Khan Younis in southern Gaza, Xinhua news agency reported. In the West Bank the Humanitarian Fund for the Occupied Palestinian Territory this week redirected funding for existing projects to provide cash assistance, rental subsidies and essential items, including food, to support displaced Palestinian families due to continuing military operations.
