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Israeli Strikes Kill 27 Palestinians In Gaza As Polio Vaccination Resumes

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Israel-Gaza war has been going on since October 7 (File) Israeli military strikes killed at least 27 Palestinians across the Gaza Strip on Friday, medics said, as health officials resumed vaccination of tens of thousands more children in the enclave against polio. In Nuseirat, one of the territory’s eight historic refugee camps, an Israeli airstrike…

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Gaza Records First Polio Case In 25 Years As UN Urges Vaccinations

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Poliovirus, most often spread through sewage and contaminated water, is highly infectious. Gaza: Gaza has recorded its first polio case in 25 years, the Palestinian health ministry said on Friday, after UN chief Antonio Guterres called for pauses in the Israel-Hamas war to vaccinate hundreds of thousands of children. Tests in Jordan confirmed the disease…

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