Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi al-Wahidi, shot by Israeli forces, slips into coma
Al Jazeera cameraman Fadi al-Wahidi has slipped into a coma following a deterioration in his condition after being shot by Israeli forces in the Jabalia refugee camp on October 9.
Despite appeals from three media freedom organisations, the Israeli authorities have refused to allow al-Wahidi and fellow Al Jazeera photographer Ali al-Attar to leave Gaza for medical treatment. The Committee to Protect Journalists reported that it has not received a response from Israeli officials regarding the request for their medical evacuation.
The doctor treating al-Wahidi confirmed that he has undergone several surgeries, but said medics were unable to prevent him from suffering paralysis.
In a statement, Al Jazeera strongly condemned the targeting of its journalists and urged the international community “to take immediate action” to ensure the safety of media workers and civilians in the Gaza Strip, as well as hold the Israeli army accountable for its “repeated crimes against journalists”.
Al-Wahidi was injured after being shot at by Israeli soldiers while reporting in Jabalia, northern Gaza
Palestinian health minister says 181,429 children vaccinated against polio: Report
Palestinian Health Minister Majed Abu Ramadan says 181,429 children under the age of ten have been vaccinated against polio during the campaign in Gaza alongside the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and UNRWA, Wafa reported.
Ramadan said in a statement that Vitamin A was given to 148,064 children “from two to ten years old” in various vaccination centres in Gaza.
He added that today is the last day for the second dose of the polio vaccine to be administered in the central governorate. On Saturday, teams will begin vaccinating children in the southern governorates of Khan Younis and Rafah for four days. The teams will later move to governorates in northern Gaza to vaccinate children.
The vaccine campaign aims to vaccinate 591,700 children under the age of ten.
Nine people killed in Israeli air raid on Gaza’s Maghazi refugee camp: Report
At least nine people, including women and children, have been killed during an Israeli air attack on a residential building in the Maghazi refugee camp in central Gaza, according to Palestinian news agency Wafa. Local sources told Wafa the Israeli attack targeted a populated area within the camp.
