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Israeli strikes on Gaza continue amid polio vaccination campaign

Israeli strikes on Gaza continue amid polio vaccination campaign
MENA
9 min read
05 September, 2024
Israel's violence on the Gaza Strip and the West Bank continued, amid a polio vaccine campaign for Gaza's young.

The Israeli army has continued daily bombardment of the Gaza Strip, killing at least three people after striking the vicinity of the Kamal Adwan Hospital, in the territory's north.

Israeli forces also struck several parts of the Gaza Strip throughout Thursday, including Gaza City, Rafah and Khan Younis.

The violence in the war-hit territory comes at least six Palestinians were killed in the West Bank area of Tubas, as Israeli raids remain ongoing in the occupied territory.

"It's like a prison," said 56-year-old father of five Adnan Naghnaghia, a resident of the Jenin refugee camp in the northern West Bank, an area targeted in a series of major Israeli "counter-terrorism" operations since August 28.

The ongoing raids in the northern West Bank have killed 36 Palestinians since last week, according to the Palestinian health ministry. Israeli forces have also arrested dozens of Palestinians.

The violence in the Palestinian territories came as the polio vaccination campaign in Gaza continued. On Thursday, crowds of Palestinians gathered at medical centers in the south of the embattled Gaza Strip for their children to be vaccinated against polio in the second stage of a campaign that has so far seen 187,000 youngsters inoculated.

The campaign has been marred by Israel's refusal to allow medical teams to areas east of the Salahuddin road to vaccinate children living in the eastern communities of the southern cities.