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More than 600,000 children under the age of 10 will receive the oral vaccine against polio after the first case was confirmed by WHO in Gaza. The fighting will pause for at least eight hours a day in specified areas to give health workers the opportunity to vaccinate children. CBC | World News
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Family confirms Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin among hostages found dead in Gaza
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Read More »Doctors and aid workers prepare for mass polio vaccinations in Gaza amid pause in fighting
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Read More »With Gaza population already displaced, some fear Israel has similar plans for West Bank
Israel has been stepping up military operations in the West Bank, which critics fear might be a signal it is poised to start using Gaza-style tactics on Palestinian communities there, including pushing people out of their homes. CBC | World News
Read More »TikToker who documented life in Gaza killed by shrapnel from airstrike in Khan Younis
Medo Halimy, whose social media posts and videos documented daily life in Gaza, was sitting with his friend at the Brand Cafe in Khan Younis Tuesday when the teens were hit by shrapnel from a nearby airstrike. His friend survived, but Halimy died of his injuries. CBC | World News
Read More »WHO makes deal with Israel for limited pauses in Gaza fighting to allow for polio vaccinations
The World Health Organization said it has reached an agreement with Israel for limited pauses in fighting in Gaza to allow for polio vaccinations for hundreds of thousands of children after a baby contracted the first confirmed case in 25 years in the Palestinian territory. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli forces kill 5 more militants in deadliest West Bank raids since Gaza war began
The Israeli military said it has killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank early Thursday, including a local commander. With 16 dead since late Tuesday, this appears to be the deadliest military operation in the occupied territory since the start of the war in Gaza. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel recovers body of soldier taken by militants to Gaza on Oct. 7, military says
There are still 108 hostages being held by militant groups in Gaza. It’s believed that about one-third are dead. CBC | World News
Read More »With polio in Gaza, a new challenge emerges: How to vaccinate 640,000 children in a war zone?
Aid workers plan to immunize hundreds of thousands of children in Gaza to stop the disease’s spread. But in order to make it work, they need peace — at least for a couple of days. CBC | World News
Read More »This 11-month-old is the 1st confirmed case of polio in Gaza
Nafin Abu Al-Jidyan says her son was crawling normally, until one day, he developed a fever followed by vomiting. She rushed him to the Al-Aqsa Hospital, where staff ran tests and confirmed Abdul Rahman had contracted polio. CBC | World News
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