We need these humanitarian pauses, ... otherwise it is impossible to do a proper [vaccination] campaign.
It is especially important for Israel to facilitate access for agencies carrying out the vaccination campaign and for it to ensure periods of calm and refrain from military operations during vaccination campaign periods,
The way we discussed and agreed, the campaign will start on the first of September, in central Gaza, for three days, and there will be a humanitarian pause during the vaccination,
At least 90 percent of coverage is needed during each round of the campaign in order to stop the outbreak and prevent international spread of polio,
We stress the critical importance for all parties to adhere to the commitments that have been made,
We have an agreement on that, so we expect that all parties will stick to that,
From our experience, we know an additional day or two is very often needed to achieve sufficient coverage,
Israel will work with WHO and other organs to support all the campaigns to bring vaccines into Gaza,
We are ready to cooperate with international organizations to secure this campaign, serving and protecting more than 650,000 Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip,
We are committed to ensuring a successful vaccination campaign for the civilian population,
Over 2180 health workers and community outreach workers will support in implementing the campaign,
We reiterate our call for a ceasefire to enable the rebuilding of the health system and strengthening of routine immunization,
It [the agreement] came about after intense pressure from UN officials and the United States with Secretary of State Antony Blinken also reportedly appealing to Israel to allow this campaign to happen,
They [the vaccinations] will start in central Gaza, and then they’re going to move to southern Gaza for three days and then to northern Gaza for three days. They say that they’ve been given assurances by the Israeli authorities that if they do not accomplish as many shots as they need in those three days that they’ll be given an extra day in each of those places as well,
I'm not going to say that this is the ideal path forward, but it is a feasible path forward, ... It will happen and should happen, because we have an agreement."