Israeli strikes in Gaza kill more than a dozen as polio vaccinations continue
The Peninsula
Deir Al Balah, Gaza Strip: Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday, hospital and local authorities...
Deir Al-Balah, Gaza Strip: Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday, hospital and local authorities said, as health workers wrapped up the second phase of an urgent polio vaccination campaign designed to prevent a large-scale outbreak.
The vaccination drive was launched after health officials confirmed the first polio case in the Palestinian enclave in 25 years, in a 10-month-old boy whose leg is now paralyzed.
The nine-day campaign by the U.N. health agency and partners aims to vaccinate 640,000 children, an ambitious effort during an aggression that has destroyed Gaza's health care system and much of its infrastructure.
The third phase of vaccinations is in the north.
