Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target
4 months ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The U.N. children’s agency says a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a “rare bright spot” in nearly 11 months of war. UNICEF said Wednesday that more than 500 teams deployed across central Gaza this week, administering the vaccine to children under 10. ___ Here's the latest: Greta Thunberg among 6 detained at anti-Israel demonstration in Denmark COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was among six people who were detained in Denmark, police said, after they demonstrated against the University of Copenhagen for cooperating with Israeli universities and shouted pro-Palestinian slogans.

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Israel-Hamas War update: Over 46,000 Palestinians killed in 15 months of brutal conflict
1 day, 6 hours ago

Israel-Hamas War update: Over 46,000 Palestinians killed in 15 months of brutal conflict

India TV News  

Gaza: More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said on Thursday, with no end in sight to the 15-month conflict. The war has flattened large areas of Gaza and displaced around 90% of its 2.3 million people, with many forced to flee multiple times. On Thursday, dozens of people took part in funeral …

More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, officials say
Top News
1 day, 6 hours ago

More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, officials say

LA Times  

Members of the Bedouin community, part of Israel’s Palestinian minority who have Israeli citizenship, attend the funeral of Yosef Al Zaydani in Rahat, southern Israel, Thursday, after the Israeli military said his body was recovered in an underground tunnel in southern Gaza Strip. More than 46,000 Palestinians have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war, Gaza’s Health Ministry said Thursday, with …

Israeli attacks kill at least 26 Palestinians across Gaza on New Year’s Day
1 week, 2 days ago

Israeli attacks kill at least 26 Palestinians across Gaza on New Year’s Day

Al Jazeera  

Gaza’s Health Ministry said at least four children and one woman were among the dead. Israelis celebrate the new year while their army kills Palestinians in Gaza Israeli attacks have killed at least 26 Palestinians, including children, in Gaza on New Year’s Day, as makeshift shelters for displaced people across the Strip flooded after days of heavy rain. In Gaza …

Israeli attacks kill 50 more Palestinians as troops storm northern Gaza hospital
1 week, 6 days ago

Israeli attacks kill 50 more Palestinians as troops storm northern Gaza hospital

The Independent  

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Death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza surpasses 45,000
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza surpasses 45,000

Al Jazeera  

As war approaches 15th month, Palestinians endure ‘unbearable’ loss, with 52 dead taken to hospitals in past day alone. “The amount of loss of life in Gaza is unbearable among the Palestinians who have been living through this war for more than 14 months,” said Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary. Monday morning was also “bloody”, said Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum, …

Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes kill 28 in Gaza, including 7 children, health officials say
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4 weeks ago

Middle East latest: Israeli airstrikes kill 28 in Gaza, including 7 children, health officials say

Associated Press  

Palestinian medical officials say Israeli airstrikes have killed at least 28 people in the Gaza Strip, including seven children and a woman, hours after the U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza. US Secretary of State Blinken renews calls for inclusion, stability in Syria in Mideast visit AQABA, Jordan — U.S. Secretary of State …

Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children
1 month ago

Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children

Associated Press  

DEIR AL BALAH, Gaza Strip — Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza killed at least 14 people including children Sunday, Palestinian health officials said, while the bombing of a hospital in northern Gaza wounded a half-dozen patients. Israel’s military continues its latest offensive against Hamas militants in northern Gaza, whose remaining Palestinians have been almost completely cut off from the rest …

Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children
1 month ago

Gaza health officials say latest Israeli airstrikes kill at least 14 including children

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israeli airstrikes in central Gaza …

Israel killed over 1000 doctors, nurses in Gaza since Oct 7: Government Media Office
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel killed over 1000 doctors, nurses in Gaza since Oct 7: Government Media Office

New Indian Express  

The Government Media Office in Gaza has stated that the Israeli army is committing systematic attacks on the Palestinian territory's healthcare sector, revealing that at least 1000 doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel have been killed since the beginning of Israel's "genocidal" war on Gaza. In a press statement on Sunday, the office pointed out Israel's war crimes including targetted …

Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 43,799
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza says war death toll at 43,799

New Indian Express  

PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: The health ministry in Hamas-run Gaza said Saturday that at least 43,799 people have been killed in more than 13 months of war between Israel and Palestinian militants. The toll includes 35 deaths in the previous 24 hours, according to the ministry, which said 103,601 people have been wounded in the Gaza Strip since the war began when …

Israel hits back at claims it targeted Gaza polio vaccine clinic after four children wounded in strike - as UN chiefs brand situation in territory 'apocalyptic'
2 months ago

Israel hits back at claims it targeted Gaza polio vaccine clinic after four children wounded in strike - as UN chiefs brand situation in territory 'apocalyptic'

Daily Mail  

Israel has hit back at claims that it targeted a Gaza vaccine clinic after four children were left wounded in a strike. The four children were among six people who were injured Saturday when a polio vaccination centre in northern Gaza was targeted. Palestinian children receive polio vaccination as a part of the second phase of the polio vaccination campaign …

Israel-Gaza War: First Cross-Border Attack from North Gaza on Israel in Weeks, UN Warns of Humanitarian Crisis
2 months, 1 week ago

Israel-Gaza War: First Cross-Border Attack from North Gaza on Israel in Weeks, UN Warns of Humanitarian Crisis

Firstpost  

Major developments in the Gaza war unfolded Saturday (November 2). A strike by Israel on a polio vaccination center in Gaza drew sharp criticism from the World Health Organisation (WHO). Meanwhile, projectiles reportedly fired from North Gaza marked the first cross-border attack on Israel from there in weeks.

Deadly Israeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens of People in Gaza and Lebanon
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2 months, 1 week ago

Deadly Israeli Airstrikes Kill Dozens of People in Gaza and Lebanon

Deccan Chronicle  

Israeli airstrikes cause an apocalyptic situation in Gaza, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more. The situation is described as 'apocalyptic' by the UN and other humanitarian organizations. The latest violence comes against the backdrop of a renewed diplomatic push by the US administration to reach temporary cease-fire deals.

Polio Vaccination Drive Resumes in Northern Gaza Despite Israeli Attacks
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2 months, 1 week ago

Polio Vaccination Drive Resumes in Northern Gaza Despite Israeli Attacks

Al Jazeera  

Six people, including four children, injured in strike on polio vaccination center in northern Gaza. The UN's agency for children (UNICEF) said the vaccination campaign against the virus resumed in northern Gaza after multiple delays, but achieving this target is now unlikely due to access constraints.

Polio vaccines in Gaza amid the Israel–Hamas war: Water, disease, and health threats to Palestinians.
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Polio vaccines in Gaza amid the Israel–Hamas war: Water, disease, and health threats to Palestinians.

Slate  

The expansion of the war in the Middle East has heightened the fears of citizens in Gaza that the war on us will be ignored. The war in Gaza is still getting worse in so many ways: the siege of the northern Gaza Strip and the spread of famine there; the deterioration of the economic situation; the increase in the …

View of Gaza’s Khan Younis city as NHS volunteers warn of catastrophic healthcare collapse
3 months ago

View of Gaza’s Khan Younis city as NHS volunteers warn of catastrophic healthcare collapse

The Independent  

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Over 5,60,000 Children Vaccinated Against Polio In Gaza, Says UN
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Over 5,60,000 Children Vaccinated Against Polio In Gaza, Says UN

ABP News  

United Nations, Sep 14 The United Nations and its partners have vaccinated against polio more than 560,000 children under 10 in the Gaza Strip, UN humanitarians said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs on Friday said the World Health Organization reported that the first round of the emergency vaccination campaign in the north, central, and southern zones …

First round of Gaza anti-polio campaign ends, 560,000 children vaccinated: UN
3 months, 3 weeks ago

First round of Gaza anti-polio campaign ends, 560,000 children vaccinated: UN

China Daily  

A Palestinian child is vaccinated against polio in Jabalia in northern Gaza Strip, September 10, 2024. UNITED NATIONS -- The United Nations and its partners have vaccinated against polio more than 560,000 children under 10 in the Gaza Strip, UN humanitarians said on Friday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said the World Health Organization reported that …

Kids in Gaza are getting polio vaccines, but threat of Israeli airstrikes looms large
4 months ago

Kids in Gaza are getting polio vaccines, but threat of Israeli airstrikes looms large

NPR  

Kids in Gaza are getting polio vaccines, but threat of Israeli airstrikes looms large Hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza are being vaccinated against the polio virus, but parents say the main threat to their lives are Israeli airstrikes. BATRAWY: When asked about the attack by NPR, the Israeli military said it's operating to dismantle Hamas' military capabilities and, …

Mass polio vaccination campaign to immunise 200,000 children in southern Gaza extended by a day
4 months ago

Mass polio vaccination campaign to immunise 200,000 children in southern Gaza extended by a day

ABC  

The United Nations and local health authorities have extended a campaign to vaccinate children in the southern Gaza Strip against polio by an extra day. Palestinian children receive polio vaccinations at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip on September 5. Senior Gaza emergency service official reportedly killed in Israeli strike An Israeli air strike on a …

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target
4 months ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: UNICEF says polio vaccination campaign in Gaza is surpassing its target

Associated Press  

The U.N. children’s agency says a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a “rare bright spot” in nearly 11 months of war. Those three paragraphs focus on the number of Palestinian prisoners who would be released in exchange for Hamas’ Israeli hostages during the first phase of the three-phased cease-fire deal. Netanyahu has …

Polio vaccine rollout ‘a huge undertaking’, says British doctor in Gaza
4 months ago

Polio vaccine rollout ‘a huge undertaking’, says British doctor in Gaza

The Independent  

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UN begins polio vaccination in Gaza
4 months, 1 week ago

UN begins polio vaccination in Gaza

China Daily  

A man holds a bottle of polio vaccine at a hospital in Gaza on Saturday. HANI ALSHAER/GETTY IMAGES The United Nations, in collaboration with Palestinian health authorities, began to vaccinate 640,000 children in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, with Israel and Hamas agreeing to brief pauses in the conflict to allow the vaccination campaign. Rik Peeperkorn, head of the World …

Polio vaccinations begin for Gaza’s 650,000 children as Israel expected to pause military campaign
4 months, 1 week ago

Polio vaccinations begin for Gaza’s 650,000 children as Israel expected to pause military campaign

The Independent  

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Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza, as hostilities continue to worsen in West Bank
4 months, 1 week ago

Polio vaccine campaign begins in Gaza, as hostilities continue to worsen in West Bank

ABC  

A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday after the war-torn Palestinian territory recorded its first case of the disease in a quarter of a century. Children began receiving vaccines on Saturday, Gaza's health ministry announced in a news conference, a day before the large-scale rollout and first three-day …

UN-led campaign to vaccinate children against Polio kicks off in Gaza
4 months, 1 week ago

UN-led campaign to vaccinate children against Polio kicks off in Gaza

CNN  

CNN — The much-anticipated United Nations-led campaign to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza against polio began Sunday. While a first group of babies received polio vaccinations in Gaza on Saturday, the program officially started a day later in Gaza’s “middle areas,” according to the UN’s agency for Palestinian refugees. During a news conference organized by the Ministry …

Deaths rise in Gaza and West Bank attacks, as a polio vaccine campaign begins in the Gaza Strip
4 months, 1 week ago

Deaths rise in Gaza and West Bank attacks, as a polio vaccine campaign begins in the Gaza Strip

LA Times  

Palestinians stand in line next to Israeli armored vehicles during a military operation in the occupied West Bank’s Jenin refugee camp Saturday. The West Bank remained on edge Saturday as Israel’s military continued its large-scale military campaign, the deadliest since the Israel-Hamas war began. The medical charity Doctors Without Borders in a statement said it was alarmed by the scale …

Aid Groups Prepare To Fight Polio In Gaza
4 months, 1 week ago

Aid Groups Prepare To Fight Polio In Gaza

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING On Thursday, the United Nations announced a plan to try to address one of the most terrifying consequences of Israel’s U.S.-backed offensive war in the Gaza Strip: the return of the feared poliovirus to the Palestinian territory. Starting Sunday, medical personnel working with the U.N., partner organizations and Gaza’s Health Ministry will attempt to provide polio vaccines …

WHO delivers 1.2m polio vaccine doses to Gaza as pauses in fighting agreed
4 months, 1 week ago

WHO delivers 1.2m polio vaccine doses to Gaza as pauses in fighting agreed

The Independent  

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Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza
4 months, 1 week ago

Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza

China Daily  

Photo released on Aug 25, 2024 shows a worker of the UN Children's Fund prepares for delivery of polio vaccines to Gaza. Photo/UNICEF UNITED NATIONS -- Israel and Hamas have agreed to halt hostilities in the Gaza Strip for a World Health Organization -led polio vaccination campaign, a WHO official said on Thursday. Also in Gaza, the UN Office for …

Israel agrees 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza for polio vaccinations
4 months, 1 week ago

Israel agrees 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza for polio vaccinations

Hindustan Times  

Israel has agreed to a series of three-day "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow health officials to administer polio vaccinations to children in the territory, the World Health Organization said Thursday. "The way we discussed and agreed, the campaign will start on the first of September, in central Gaza, for three days, and there will be a humanitarian pause during …

WHO says its deal with Israel will allow limited pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations
4 months, 1 week ago

WHO says its deal with Israel will allow limited pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations

Associated Press  

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. World Health Organization said Thursday that it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted the first confirmed case in 25 years in the Palestinian territory. The vaccination campaign will start Sunday in central Gaza, …

Scientists: Baby in Gaza was infected with polio strain linked to mistakes in eradication campaign
4 months, 1 week ago

Scientists: Baby in Gaza was infected with polio strain linked to mistakes in eradication campaign

The Independent  

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UN says Israel agrees to pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations
4 months, 1 week ago

UN says Israel agrees to pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations

Al Jazeera  

Agreement consists of temporary pauses in separate areas of Gaza with goal of vaccinating 640,000 children under 10. The World Health Organization says it has received a “preliminary commitment” allowing for temporary “humanitarian pauses” in Gaza to distribute polio vaccines as deteriorating conditions caused by Israel’s war fuel the spread of disease and illness throughout the besieged strip. “It will …

Aid delivery in Gaza is nearly impossible. Why hasn’t the US intervened?
4 months, 1 week ago

Aid delivery in Gaza is nearly impossible. Why hasn’t the US intervened?

Al Jazeera  

The UN says Israel is hampering efforts to deliver vaccines and other aid, but the US has offered little public pressure. “The United States government has run out of words and hasn’t even issued its usual performative statements to comment on the UN suspension of its aid operations in Gaza,” said Raed Jarrar, the advocacy director at Democracy for the …

WHO announces limited pauses in Gaza fighting to allow for polio vaccinations
4 months, 1 week ago

WHO announces limited pauses in Gaza fighting to allow for polio vaccinations

LA Times  

Infant Abdel-Rahman Abu El-Jedian, an 11-month-old who suffers from polio, is held by his mother, center, at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al Balah, central Gaza Strip, on Tuesday. The U.N. World Health Organization announced Thursday that there will be limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a …

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination
4 months, 1 week ago

Israel agrees to pauses in fighting in Gaza for polio vaccination

CNN  

CNN — Israel has agreed to a series of pauses in fighting in Gaza in September to allow young children in the enclave to be vaccinated for polio, according to United Nations and Israeli officials. Sandra Rasheed, Anera’s country director for Palestine, told CNN the convoy was carrying medical supplies and fuel to the Emirati Red Crescent hospital in Gaza …

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late
4 months, 1 week ago

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late

CNN  

CNN — Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. He should be walking by now, but he suddenly stopped moving.” Abdul Rahman is the first person in Gaza in 25 years to be diagnosed with polio – once one of the world’s most feared diseases, but now easily preventable with a vaccine. …

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late
4 months, 1 week ago

Polio vaccines are coming to Gaza, but for this baby boy, they’re too late

CNN  

CNN — Abdul Rahman sleeps in a battered car seat, rocked by his mother Niveen Abu al-Jidyan. He should be walking by now, but he suddenly stopped moving.” Abdul Rahman is the first person in Gaza in 25 years to be diagnosed with polio – once one of the world’s most feared diseases, but now easily preventable with a vaccine. …

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza
4 months, 1 week ago

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza

Associated Press  

DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip — Born into the devastating Israel-Hamas war, 10-month-old Abdel-Rahman Abu El-Jedian started crawling early. Suddenly, he stopped crawling, stopped moving, stopped standing up, and stopped sitting.” Health care workers in Gaza have been warning of the potential for a polio outbreak for months, as the humanitarian crisis unleashed by Israel’s offensive on the strip only grows. …

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza
4 months, 1 week ago

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby suddenly stopped crawling. Polio had struck Gaza

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Suddenly, he stopped crawling, stopped moving, stopped standing up, …

UN halts Gaza aid deliveries after Israeli military orders new evacuation amid polio vaccine push
4 months, 2 weeks ago

UN halts Gaza aid deliveries after Israeli military orders new evacuation amid polio vaccine push

CNN  

CNN — The United Nations temporarily paused aid deliveries in Gaza on Monday over safety concerns after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, a senior UN official said, possibly complicating the launch of a polio vaccination campaign. In separate statements Tuesday, the UN’s main relief agency in Gaza, UNRWA, and the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the occupied West …

Polio vaccines are coming to children in Gaza. What road awaits them?
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Polio vaccines are coming to children in Gaza. What road awaits them?

CNN  

CNN — After six sewage samples taken in Gaza in late June tested positive for poliovirus, World Health Organization Director-General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that it was “just a matter of time” before the disease reached thousands of Palestinian children. Israel’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories, which manages the flow of aid into Gaza, previously said that …

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

Associated Press  

Polio vaccines for more than 1 million people have been delivered to Gaza, Israel’s military said Sunday, after the first confirmed case of the disease in the territory in a quarter-century. The new statement by the Israeli military body responsible for Palestinian civilian affairs said five trucks with special refrigeration equipment for vaccine storage were brought into Gaza on Friday …

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Israel’s military on Sunday said …

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak, plead for a pause in the war
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Aid groups in Gaza aim to avert a polio outbreak, plead for a pause in the war

LA Times  

Palestinians displaced by the Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip walk through a dark streak of sewage flowing into the streets of Khan Yunis. The threat of polio is rising fast in the Gaza Strip, prompting aid groups to call for an urgent pause in the war so they can ramp up vaccinations and head off a full-blown outbreak. Polio …

UN calls for Gaza ceasefire to allow children to be vaccinated against polio after case confirmed
4 months, 3 weeks ago

UN calls for Gaza ceasefire to allow children to be vaccinated against polio after case confirmed

ABC  

The UN is calling for a ceasefire in Gaza so it can launch a polio vaccination campaign following a confirmed case of the disease there. "Let's be clear: The ultimate vaccine for polio is peace and an immediate humanitarian ceasefire," Mr Guterres said on Friday. Mr Guterres said the UN was poised to launch a vaccination program for more than …

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say
4 months, 3 weeks ago

First case of polio confirmed in a 10-month-old child in Gaza, Palestinian health officials say

Associated Press  

RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian health officials on Friday reported the first case of polio in an unvaccinated 10-month-old child in the Gaza city of Deir al-Balah, the first case in years in the coastal enclave that has been engulfed in the Israel-Hamas war since Oct. 7. After discovering the child’s symptoms, tests were conducted in Jordan’s capital of Amman …

10-month-old contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years
4 months, 3 weeks ago

10-month-old contracts Gaza’s first case of polio in 25 years

CNN  

CNN — Doctors in war-torn Gaza have detected a case of polio for the first time in 25 years, health officials said, as international aid bodies call for a pause in the conflict to make way for a vaccination drive. Two rounds of vaccination are expected to be launched this month and next across Gaza, UNICEF said in a news …

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