Israeli bombardment kills dozens in Gaza as health officials prepare polio campaign

The Gazette

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A Palestinian child is examined by a doctor at Nasser Hospital, in Khan Younis, as United Nations officials prepare to launch a polio vaccination campaign on Sunday.
The New York Times
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Delivered in collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO), UNICEF and UNRWA, the two-round campaign will provide over 640,000 Gazan children under the age of 10 with two doses of the polio vaccine, in an effort to stop the spread of the virus and prevent a wider regional outbreak.
Gulf News
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The campaign comes after the first polio case was reported in Gaza in 25 years — a 10-month-old boy, now paralyzed in the leg.
ABC News Go
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A series of pauses in fighting are due to begin this weekend in Gaza to allow vaccination against polio, which has returned to the Strip because of Israel’s war.
Aljazeera

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