Israeli military says Gaza polio vaccination campaign completed
Jerusalem Reuters The Israeli military said on Wednesday aid organisations had completed a second polio vaccination round for children in Gaza, administering more than 1.1 million vaccinations in different areas of the enclave, achieving 90 per cent coverage. Limits on the area covered by a humanitarian pause in the fighting to conduct the campaign, meant […]
Israeli airstrikes kill at least 31 people in Gaza, medics say
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli airstrikes killed at least 31 people in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian medics said, with nearly half of the deaths in northern areas where the army has waged a month-long campaign it says aims to prevent Hamas regrouping. Palestinians said the new aerial and ground offensives and forced evacuations were […]
Pakistan blast kills seven, including five school children
Quetta, Pakistan Reuters At least seven people including five school students were killed and 23 injured in a blast in south-western Pakistan on Friday, a police official said. “The target was a police van which was going to pickup a polio [vaccination] team,” Senior Superintendent of Police Rehmatullah told Reuters. One police officer was also […]
Israeli strikes in Gaza kill 61 in 48 hours as UN pursues vaccinations
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli military strikes across the Palestinian Gaza Strip killed at least 61 people in the space of 48 hours, medics said on Saturday, as Israeli forces battled Hamas-led militants in the territory. Eleven months into the war, numerous rounds of diplomacy have so far failed to clinch a ceasefire deal to end […]
Israeli strikes kill 27 Palestinians in Gaza as polio vaccination resumes
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli military strikes killed at least 27 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, as health officials resumed vaccination of tens of thousands more children in the enclave against polio. In Nuseirat, one of the territory’s eight historic refugee camps, an Israeli airstrike killed two women and two children, while […]
UN welcomes progress in Gaza polio campaign, calls for permanent ceasefire
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Good progress is being made in rolling out a polio vaccine to children in Gaza but a permanent ceasefire in the 11-month war is needed to ease humanitarian suffering, the main UN agency for Palestinians said on Wednesday. UNRWA said that three days into the campaign in areas of central Gaza, around […]
Israeli attacks in Gaza kill 35 Palestinians but pauses allow third day of polio vaccinations
Cairo, Egypt Reuters Israeli forces killed at least 35 Palestinians across Gaza on Tuesday as they battled Hamas-led militants, Palestinian officials said, but brief pauses in fighting allowed medics to conduct a third day of polio vaccinations for children. Among those killed were four women in the southern city of Rafah and eight people near […]
Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, polio vaccinations in full swing
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Israeli forces killed at least 48 Palestinians in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip as they battled Hamas-led militants, Palestinian officials said on Monday, while medics conducted a second day of polio vaccinations for children in the enclave. Palestinian and UN officials said more than 80,000 children had been vaccinated […]
Protests grip Israel after six hostages killed in Gaza
Jerusalem Reuters Protests gripped Israel on Sunday following the death of six hostages in Gaza as frustration mounted with the country’s leadership for failing to secure a ceasefire deal that would free Israeli captives. Crowds estimated by Israeli media to number up to 500,000 strong demonstrated in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and other cities, demanding that […]
Israeli bombardment kills dozens in Gaza as health officials prepare polio campaign
Cairo, Egypt/Gaza Reuters Israeli strikes on Saturday killed at least 48 people in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian health authorities said, as clashes took place in central and southern areas of the enclave ahead of the planned start of a polio vaccination campaign. The United Nations is due to start vaccinating some 640,000 children in the […]