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1 month, 3 weeks ago

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

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.

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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.

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis hits new lows as sanitary conditions plummet

CNN

Editor’s Note: This story contains graphic content. Even as the campaign to vaccinate Gaza’s children for polio continues, the United Nations and aid agencies warn of deteriorating public health conditions. On Sunday, the UN Relief and Works Agency, the UN body in charge of the Palestinian territories, said on X: “While we vaccinate children against polio, many other diseases continue …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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3 months, 3 weeks 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, …

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3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

UN continues aid operations in Gaza despite violence, Israeli evacuation orders

China Daily

Children are seen outside a building targeted in an Israeli airstrike in the Maghazi refugee camp in the central Gaza Strip, on Aug 27, 2024. UNITED NATIONS - Despite Gaza's deadly violence and several recent Israeli evacuation orders further disrupting aid operations, the head of UN security said on Tuesday that relief deliveries are continuing. He said the Israeli Defense …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

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

The Independent

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3 months, 3 weeks 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. …

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4 months ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel’s evacuation orders have displaced 90% of Gaza residents, UN says

Associated Press

Successive Israeli evacuation orders in Gaza have displaced 90% of its 2.1 million residents since the Israel-Hamas war began in October, the top U.N. humanitarian official for the Palestinian territory says. WHO and the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF are working with the Gaza ministry to implement two rounds of polio vaccination, four weeks apart, the U.N. humanitarian office said. Israel’s …

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4 months ago

Abbas to visit Gaza as polio fears grow

China Daily

Pro-Palestinian protesters march in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, ahead of the Democratic National Convention that kicked off on Monday. JIM VONDRUSKA/AFP Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' planned visit to Gaza has been welcomed amid worsening humanitarian conditions in the enclave, including fears of a polio outbreak, despite the resumption of cease-fire talks led by mediators. Dina Yulianti Sulaeman, director of the …

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4 months ago

Abbas to visit Gaza as polio fears grow

China Daily

By JAN YUMUL in Hong Kong | China Daily Global | Updated: 2024-08-20 09:06 Pro-Palestinian protesters march in Chicago, Illinois, on Sunday, ahead of the Democratic National Convention that kicked off on Monday. JIM VONDRUSKA/AFP Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' planned visit to Gaza has been welcomed amid worsening humanitarian conditions in the enclave, including fears of a polio outbreak, despite …

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4 months, 1 week 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 …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Over 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan conflict, says UNICEF

Firstpost

More than 1 million polio vaccines intended for children have been destroyed as a result of looting in Sudan during the upsurge in violence since April, the UN children’s agency UNICEF told Reuters on Friday. “A number of cold chain facilities have been looted, damaged and destroyed, including over a million polio vaccines in South Darfur,” Hazel De Wet, deputy …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Over 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan amid clashes: UN

Hindustan Times

More than 1 million polio vaccines intended for children have been destroyed as a result of looting in Sudan during the upsurge in violence since April, the UN children's agency UNICEF told Reuters on Friday. "A number of cold chain facilities have been looted, damaged and destroyed, including over a million polio vaccines in South Darfur," Hazel De Wet, deputy …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan PM Urges Billionaire Bill Gates to Provide Humanitarian Assistance to Afghan People

News 18

Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates to consider providing humanitarian assistance to the people of Afghanistan, which is in dire need of financial aid since the Taliban seized power in August. Khan spoke with Gates, the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Tuesday, to discuss polio eradication efforts and the Foundation’s support towards …

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

Polio Vaccination Drive Resumes in Northern Gaza Despite Israeli Attacks

Gaza’s humanitarian crisis hits new lows as sanitary conditions plummet

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

Israel, Hamas agree to pauses for polio vaccinations in Gaza

Israel agrees 'humanitarian pauses' in Gaza for polio vaccinations

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

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

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

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

UN continues aid operations in Gaza despite violence, Israeli evacuation orders

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

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

Israel-Hamas war latest: Israel’s evacuation orders have displaced 90% of Gaza residents, UN says

Abbas to visit Gaza as polio fears grow

Abbas to visit Gaza as polio fears grow

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

Over 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan conflict, says UNICEF

Over 1 million polio vaccines destroyed in Sudan amid clashes: UN

Pakistan PM Urges Billionaire Bill Gates to Provide Humanitarian Assistance to Afghan People