More than 355,000 Gaza children received polio vaccine: UNRWA
The ongoing polio vaccination drive in Gaza has so far reached more than 355,000 children, according to the UN agency for Palestinian refugees.
The campaign, now focused in southern Gaza, will continue over the next few days, to reach its target of 640,000 children in the enclave, the agency said in a post on X.
However, as we reported earlier, the Palestinian Health Ministry has warned that Israel’s army has refused to coordinate the entry of medical teams into some areas of southern Gaza.
Since 1 September @UNRWA & partners have vaccinated nearly 355,000 children against #polio in #Gaza middle & southern areas
In the next few days, we'll continue rolling out the polio vaccination campaign aiming to reach around 640,000 children under 10 with this critical vaccine pic.twitter.com/wrPmLWCm8z
— UNRWA (@UNRWA) September 6, 2024
UNICEF says Israelis refusing to facilitate polio vaccine campaign
UNICEF says it is making every effort to distribute the polio vaccine in Gaza during the agreed-upon pauses in fighting. However, it reported that Israel continues to deny medical teams access to communities in certain areas of southern Gaza.
Five killed in Israeli attack on Khan Younis
Our colleagues on the ground in the Gaza Strip report that five people were killed and two others wounded when Israeli bombs targeted a residential apartment in the centre of Khan Younis.
Six killed, others wounded in latest Israeli attacks on Gaza
At least six more Palestinians have been killed in attacks on Gaza this evening, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reports.
It cited local medical sources as saying medics transported the dead and wounded to al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza after an Israeli air strike hit a home belonging to the Shehadeh family west of the Nuseirat refugee camp in northern Gaza.
At least one of the dead Palestinians was killed when Israeli warplanes attacked people near a mosque in northern Gaza City’s al-Basra neighbourhood.
The latest attacks bring the total number of Palestinians killed across Gaza today to at least 33, medical sources said.
Israel carries out deadly strikes on homes in central and northern Gaza
Horrific attacks continue in the northern and central areas of Gaza. Within the past few hours, an air strike targeted a residential home in Nuseirat refugee camp, killing four members of one family and wounding several others.
The family arrived at the hospital here fully cloaked in blood and dust from the bombardment. It’s become a pattern where unpredictable bombs fall from the sky.
In the northern part of the Strip, a residential home with a displaced family inside was targeted. Nine people were killed in this attack. Not evacuation centres, not even hospitals, are safe in Gaza.
