Polio vaccination drive extended for one more day
Gaza’s media office has confirmed that the vaccination campaign has been extended for another day in the north of the Strip in order to ensure that no child will be missing out on this important vaccine against polio.
So far, the campaign has reached at least 530,000 children, according to the UN.
Parents here have been expressing their deep appreciation for the campaign, which has continued despite all sorts of danger unfolding at evacuation centres and in the areas Palestinians are travelling through to in order to vaccinate their children. Some of these areas are active military zones.
Israeli military shells al-Mawasi, killing at least 5: Report
Two children are among the five casualties after an Israeli tank shelled a home in the al-Mawasi area on the coast of southern Gaza, the Palestine Information Center reports. Several people have also been wounded in the attack.
Two Israeli civilians arrested attempting to enter Gaza
The Israeli military detained the pair after soldiers monitoring surveillance cameras saw them crossing the Gaza border security barrier and entering an Israeli buffer zone, The Times of Israel reports.
It’s unclear why they were attempting to enter the Palestinian enclave. “Approaching the barrier zone is dangerous and harms the activity of security forces in the area,” the military said in a statement.
The Israeli military has built a security fence around Gaza several dozen metres inside Israel’s territory. In January, it was also revealed the Israeli military had demolished thousands of Palestinian homes since October to create a 1km buffer zone inside the Gaza Strip.
Two killed in Israeli attack in central Gaza: Civil defence
A woman and a child have been killed by an Israeli bombing of a family home on al-Ishrin street in the eastern part of the Nuseirat refugee camp, according to the Palestinian Civil Defence spokesman.
The statement on Telegram said the house belonged to the Aql family and the strike also wounded other people.
Bombing in al-Mawasi killed 5 members of same family: Civil defence
A Palestinian Civil Defence spokesman says on Telegram that the Israeli attack on a home near Rafah, which we reported earlier, has killed members of the Bardawil family. He added that two children were among those killed in the dawn attack.
No security for health workers in Gaza: MSF
The secretary-general of Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has described the humanitarian and health situation in the Gaza Strip as “catastrophic”. Christopher Lockyear told Al Jazeera that there is no security or safety for health sector workers while performing their duties in the enclave.
He added Israel is using claims of its deliveries of humanitarian aid as a tool for political propaganda, and it is not allowing the necessary materials to enter the Strip.
PRCS retrieves body after Israel bombed building west of Jabalia
The Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) says it has retrieved a body following the bombing of a building in the al-Faluja area, west of the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza.
Israel continues to pound northern Gaza, making it difficult for paramedics to reach the site of air strikes.
Four killed in Israeli attacks in central Gaza: Civil defence
Three Palestinians from the Abu Zaid family have been killed and others wounded in an Israeli bombardment on their home near the Zeitoun neighbourhood, in the south of Gaza City, according to a statement from a Palestinian Civil Defence spokesman.
Separately, one person was killed and others wounded in an attack on the Muharab family’s home in the Nuseirat refugee camp.
