Young man, child shot near Hebron in occupied West Bank
A young man and a child were shot with live bullets during clashes that broke out between Palestinians and Israeli forces who stormed the city of ad-Dhahiriya, south of Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, our colleagues on the ground are reporting.
Israeli forces raided a football stadium and detained several young men there and later released them. Meanwhile, clashes also broke out in the centre of the city, during which the Israeli military fired live bullets, stun grenades and tear gas.
Children among injured in Israeli bombing in Gaza City
Several have been injured, including children, in an Israeli air attack on a home in the Daraj neighbourhood of Gaza City, the Wafa news agency is reporting, citing medical sources.
Earlier, we reported that nine people had been killed in an Israeli attack on a home in Gaza City, which is in the north of the Gaza Strip.
PA health minister calls on Israel to halt fighting for polio vaccine campaign
The Palestine Authority’s minister of health, Majid Abu Ramadan, renewed his appeal to the international community to keep pressure on Israel to halt its bombings and allow authorities to carry out a large-scale vaccination campaign against polio in Gaza, the Wafa news agency reports.
Ramadan said 350,000 doses of polio vaccines arrived in the Strip tonight, making the number of doses that have arrived in Gaza about 1.6 million. This is the amount needed to vaccinate all children aged between one day and 10 years with two doses each, Wafa said.
Polio has made a comeback in the Gaza Strip after 25 years, forcing the United Nations and local health authorities to launch a vaccination campaign in the Palestinian enclave ravaged by 11 months of war.
