The campaign is being rolled out after a 10-month-old was paralysed by a mutated strain of the virus
A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus has begun as Palestinians in the Hamas-governed coastal territory and the occupied West Bank reel from Israel’s campaigns in both regions.
Hours earlier, Gaza’s health ministry said hospitals had received 89 dead on Saturday, including 26 who died in an overnight Israeli bombardment, and 205 wounded – one of the highest daily tallies in months. Palestinian health officials said Israel was holding the bodies of the attackers, naming the men as Muhammad Marqa and Zoodhi Afifeh.
About 20 Palestinians have been killed since Israel’s incursion started on Tuesday, causing alarm among the international community that the war may widen beyond the Gaza Strip.
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