Israeli attack near Khan Younis kills 3 people
At least three Palestinians have been killed in an air attack on a house in the Bani Suheila area, east of Khan Younis, in southern Gaza, according to the enclave’s Civil Defence.
WHO plans broader vaccination campaign in Gaza
The World Health Organization says it plans to vaccinate more than 40,000 children in Gaza against various diseases during the ceasefire, including measles, whooping cough, hepatitis B, tuberculosis and polio.
It has already helped vaccinate more than 10,000 children below the age of three this month as part of the first phase of the campaign.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said phase one of the programme has been extended until Saturday, while phases two and three are planned for December and January in collaboration with UNICEF, UNRWA and Gaza’s Health Ministry.
Ghebreyesus said he was “encouraged to see that the ceasefire continues to hold, as it allows the WHO and its partners to intensify essential health services across Gaza and support the necessary re-equipment and reconstruction of its devastated health system”.
Flooding devastates Gaza displacement camps as thousands face rising seas
Severe flooding has displaced thousands of Gaza families for a second time, destroying tents and forcing them into overcrowded emergency shelters.
Last week’s heavy rains damaged makeshift camps across 29 sites, affecting nearly 12,000 families, according to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs for the occupied Palestinian territory (OCHA OPT).
Many fled to designated shelters, where aid workers scrambled to clear blocked drains and remove floodwater.
Conditions along Khan Younis’s shoreline are dire. More than 4,000 households face rising sea levels encroaching on tents, with strong winds causing multiple collapses. Families are struggling through intense cold without adequate heating, and with no sanitation facilities, many are forced to use the sea as a toilet, OCHA reported.
Another person killed near Khan Younis
An Israeli drone attack has killed a person in Abasan al-Kabira, to the east of Khan Younis, according to a Nasser Hospital report cited by our Al Jazeera Arabic colleagues on the ground.
In addition, our colleagues report Israeli artillery shelling towards Abasan al-Kabira and air raids further south in Rafah.
Body of child found in Gaza City
Palestinian rescuers have recovered a child’s body in Gaza City’s Zeitoun neighbourhood, a day after Israeli attacks there, according to a local medical source quoted by our colleagues on the ground.
