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
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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
Read More »This 11-month-old is the first 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
Read More »First picture of Israeli hostage rescued in southern Gaza shared by jubilant brother
Hamas captured more than 200 people during his harrowing rampage in southern Israel on October 7 last year. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Children in Gaza describe daily horrors of life under ‘perilous’ siege
EXCLUSIVE: Four teenagers shared heartbreaking accounts of how their lives have been plunged into fear and uncertainty due to the Israel-Hamas war. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Baby in Gaza suffering paralysis from polio virus, World Health Organization says
A 10-month-old baby in war-shattered Gaza has been paralyzed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years, the World Health Organization said on Friday, with UN agencies appealing for urgent vaccinations of every baby. CBC | World News
Read More »This boxing coach in Gaza runs classes in displacement camps
Ousama Ayoub, a boxing coach, runs makeshift boxing classes in displacement camps in Khan Younis. Mai Ayoub, 17, said boxing helps relieve the stress of living through a war and being displaced. She hopes to one day compete in international games as a boxer. CBC | World News
Read More »Israeli military says it’s recovered bodies of 6 hostages held in Gaza
The Israeli military said Tuesday that it recovered the bodies of six hostages taken in Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack that started the war in Gaza, as U.S. and Arab mediators tried to advance an agreement to halt the fighting and release scores of other militant-held captives. CBC | World News
Read More »DNC protesters say Democrats are all talk, no action on plight of Palestinians in Gaza
A few thousand demonstrators were on scene at Union Park in Chicago on Monday to protest the Biden-Harris administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel launches fresh strikes in Gaza as Blinken visits Israel to push for ceasefire
Israeli strikes killed at least 21 people in Gaza on Sunday, including six children, Palestinian health authorities said, ahead of a visit to the region by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to try to push forward ceasefire talks. CBC | World News
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