Israel continued to pound areas across the Gaza Strip this week, including in the north and south, and in the central areas where so-called humanitarian pauses were in place as parents and caregivers brought their children to be vaccinated against polio.
The vaccination campaign began on Sunday in Deir al-Balah and other areas in the central Gaza Strip.
The Palestinian ministry of health in Gaza reported on Monday that medical teams were able to vaccinate nearly 160,000 children within the first two days of the campaign, praising the well-attended turnout from parents and caregivers.
On Tuesday, our contributor Abubaker Abed reported that there were at least three attacks in Deir al-Balah, with Israeli warplanes “hitting the territory in the morning hours, with tanks bombing sporadically, striking the eastern parts.”….more
