I was hesitant at first and very afraid of the safety of this vaccination,
If the international community truly wants this campaign to succeed, it should call for a ceasefire, knowing that this virus does not stop, and can reach anywhere,
Terrorists attempted to run over a security guard at the entrance to the community Karmei Tzur a short while ago and infiltrated the community,
We welcome the commitment to humanitarian pauses in specific areas, and suspension of evacuation orders for the implementation of the campaign,
Due to insecurity, damage to road and infrastructure, and constant population displacement, conducting the campaign for just three days in each area is unlikely to be sufficient to achieve adequate vaccination coverage,
We want to emphasize without humanitarian pauses, the campaign’s delivery, which is already being implemented under incredibly complex and challenging circumstances, will not be possible,
If after three days, we see that coverage is too low, we will ask for additional days,
In an ideal situation, you would go house to house. Unfortunately, that is not feasible in Gaza,
We have trained more than 2,100 workers and community outreach workers to provide vaccinations and inform communities about the campaign,
Vaccination coverage will be monitored throughout the campaign, ... and it has been agreed that vaccination will be extended by one day wherever necessary.”
From Sunday, we’re giving out two oral doses of the polio vaccination, and then four weeks after this initial round of campaigns we will need to repeat the vaccination again. This is for 640,000 children across the Gaza Strip,
This is a shocking incident. The convoy, which was coordinated by Anera and approved by Israeli authorities, included an Anera employee who was fortunately unharmed.”
Military operations near hospitals also continue, effectively besieging these facilities and limiting the movement in and out, including that of medical staff,
We have urged them to immediately rectify the issues within their system that allowed this to happen,
Historically, they’ve had a top-down view of establishing an Islamic state,
I found the boy vomiting, he stopped moving and had a fever,
We need these humanitarian pauses, ... otherwise it is impossible to do a proper [vaccination] campaign.
UN colleagues assessed the water, hygiene and sanitation conditions in two sites hosting over 1,200 families in Rafah,
I’m unequivocal and unwavering in my commitment to Israel’s defense, and its ability to defend itself, and that’s not going to change,
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,