Sep 01 Mass polio vaccine drive begins in Gaza with aim of reaching about 640,000 children By Wafaa Shurafa, Samy Magdy, Associated Press Palestinian health authorities and United Nations agencies on Sunday began a large-scale campaign of vaccinations against polio in the Gaza Strip, hoping to prevent an outbreak in the territory that has been ravaged by the Israel-Hamas war. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 3:38 News Wrap: Polio vaccine drive gets underway for children in Gaza In our news wrap Saturday, aid workers began the first phase of their campaign to vaccinate children in Gaza against polio, Russia is blaming Ukraine for the deaths of five people in Belgorod, a heavy storm prompted flood warnings in… Continue watching
Aug 31 Children in Gaza begin receiving polio vaccines a day before planned large-scale rollout By Julia Frankel, Samy Magdy, Sam Metz, Associated Press A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday, Gaza's Health Ministry said, as Palestinians in both the Hamas-governed enclave and the occupied West Bank reeled from Israel's ongoing military offensives. Continue reading
Aug 30 Israeli airstrike kills Palestinian TikToker who shared intimate details of life in Gaza under siege By Isabel DeBre, Fatma Khaled, Associated Press The 19-year-old Palestinian TikTok star Medo Halimy began making his “tent life” video series when he took refuge with his family earlier this year in a strip of southern Gaza that Israel has designated a humanitarian safe zone. He was… Continue reading
Aug 30 Watch 8:18 Gaza's first polio case in 25 years highlights total collapse of its health infrastructure By Geoff Bennett, Jackson Hudgins, Zeba Warsi The World Health Organization, working with other UN agencies and the Palestinian Ministry of Health, will begin vaccinating children in Gaza against polio. Israel and Hamas have agreed to have three-day pauses in fighting so health workers can distribute the… Continue watching
Aug 30 U.S. Army faced weather, security challenges during Gaza humanitarian aid pier By Lolita Baldor, Associated Press The Army commander in charge of the U.S. military's Gaza pier project says the mission was the biggest "organizational leadership challenge" he has ever experienced. Continue reading
Aug 29 WHO announces deal with Israel to allow limited pauses in Gaza fighting for polio vaccinations By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The U.N. World Health Organization said Thursday that 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… Continue reading
Aug 29 Watch 8:54 Israel says militant linked to 'numerous terror attacks' killed in West Bank raids By Amna Nawaz, Dan Sagalyn, Harry Zahn Israel and Hamas agreed to pause fighting in Gaza to allow hundreds of thousands of children to receive polio vaccinations over three days. Meanwhile, in the West Bank, at least 16 people have been killed in what the Israeli military… Continue watching
Aug 27 Watch 2:53 Israel rescues hostage from Hamas tunnel in Gaza By Stephanie Sy, Solveig Rennan After 326 days in captivity, a hostage was found in the Hamas tunnels underneath Gaza and brought to safety by the Israeli military. Qaid Farhan Alkadi is the eighth hostage to be rescued from Gaza, but dozens more wait to… Continue watching
Aug 27 Israel has rescued one of the hostages abducted in Oct. 7 Hamas attack, military says By Associated Press The military said on Tuesday that 52-year-old Qaid Farhan Alkadi was rescued "in a complex operation in the southern Gaza Strip."… Continue reading