Red Cross vehicles transport the bodies of deceased hostages who had been held in Gaza since the deadly October 7,2023 attack (Picture: Reuters)

'It’s an incredible tragedy, absurd behaviour. I am incredibly saddened.'

Russia has long doubted the US would ever do so.

The torture method has been described in a report which will be presented to the United Nations in a few weeks.

The Palestinian death toll in the Israel-Hamas war has surpassed 65,000.