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Israel denies responsibility for drone strike on Gaza polio vaccination centre
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Israel denies responsibility for drone strike on Gaza polio vaccination centre

ABC  

Gaza's health ministry says an Israeli drone struck a clinic in northern Gaza where children were being vaccinated against polio, a claim Israel's military has denied. Health authorities in Gaza said 13 of those deaths happened in northern Gaza, where Israel's military has staged an offensive, claiming it wants to prevent a regrouping of militant group Hamas. On Sunday, three …

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

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Israel-Hamas war latest: Jenin refugee camp is left to deal with the aftermath of an Israeli raid
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Israel-Hamas war latest: Jenin refugee camp is left to deal with the aftermath of an Israeli raid

The Independent  

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Polio vaccinations begin for Gaza’s 650,000 children as Israel expected to pause military campaign
3 months, 3 weeks ago

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

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. Hours earlier, Gaza's Health Ministry said hospitals received 89 …

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Aid Groups Prepare To Fight Polio In Gaza
3 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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Israel says more polio vaccines are delivered to Gaza, where aid groups seek pause in fighting
3 months, 4 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 …

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

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UN says 86 percent of Gaza now under Israeli evacuation orders
4 months, 3 weeks ago

UN says 86 percent of Gaza now under Israeli evacuation orders

Al Jazeera  

Israeli military carries out more attacks across the strip, killing at least 33 Palestinians amid mass displacements. The United Nations says 86 percent of the besieged Gaza Strip is now under Israeli evacuation orders as 33 more Palestinians are killed in yet another day of attacks and displacement. Reporting from Deir el-Balah, also in central Gaza, Al Jazeera’s Hani Mahmoud …

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Polio detected in Gaza sewage water, threatening new health disaster
5 months ago

Polio detected in Gaza sewage water, threatening new health disaster

CNN  

CNN — The highly infectious polio virus has been found in sewage samples in Gaza, putting thousands of Palestinians at risk of contracting a disease that can cause paralysis. WHO said the findings are linked to the “disastrous sanitation situation” created by Israel’s brutal military assault in Gaza since the Hamas attacks of October 7. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus …

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‘Ticking time bomb’: Poliovirus found in Gaza sewage
5 months ago

‘Ticking time bomb’: Poliovirus found in Gaza sewage

Al Jazeera  

Poliovirus has been detected in samples of sewage water in the densely populated Gaza Strip, placing “thousands” of Palestinians at risk of contracting the highly infectious disease that can cause paralysis. Gaza’s Ministry of Health said it had detected “component poliovirus type 2” in coordination with UNICEF, the United Nations children’s agency. Authorities in the central Gaza city of Deir …

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Israel in polio vaccine drive after recording first case since 1988
2 years, 8 months ago

Israel in polio vaccine drive after recording first case since 1988

The Independent  

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