Israeli fire kills dozens in Gaza, polio jabs under way

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******** forces have ******* at least 48 Palestinians in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip as they battled ******-led militants, ************ officials say, while medics conducted a second day of polio vaccinations for children in the enclave.

************ and UN officials said more than 80,000 children were vaccinated in central areas of Gaza on Sunday, the first day of the campaign.

****** and ******* have agreed to brief pauses in fighting to allow the campaign to vaccinate some 640,000 children to go ahead.

No violations have been reported near vaccination facilities.

Seven Palestinians were ******* in two ******** air strikes on Gaza City, ************ officials said on Monday, while two air strikes ******* six others in Bureij and Nuseirat, two of the Gaza Strip’s eight historical ******** camps.

There was no immediate comment from the ******** military.

The armed wings of ****** and the Islamic ****** said fighters had confronted ******** forces in north, south and in some central area of Gaza with anti-tank rockets and mortar *****.

UNRWA, the UN ************ ******** agency, repeated its call on Monday for an immediate ceasefire to help ensure a successful and safe polio vaccination campaign.

“On 1st day only, @UNRWA teams & partners reached around 87,000 children according to @WHO. Efforts are ongoing to provide children with this key vaccine, but what they need most is a #CeasefireNow,” it said on the X social media platform.

******* and ****** have continued to trade blame for the ******** to conclude a ceasefire, that would end the war, and see the release of ******** and foreign hostages held in Gaza and many Palestinians jailed in *******.

Parents continued bringing their infants to be vaccinated at medical facilities on Monday.

The World Health Organisation says a drop in routine vaccinations in the Occupied ************ Territories, including Gaza, has contributed to the re-emergence of polio in the area.

Polio myelitis is a highly infectious virus that can cause paralysis and ****** in infants, with under-twos most at risk.

The WHO confirmed in August that a baby was partially paralysed by the type 2 polio virus, the first such case in the territory in 25 years.

Palestinians say a key reason for the return of polio is the collapse of the health system and destruction of most hospitals in the Gaza Strip.

******* accuses ****** of using hospitals for military purposes, which the Islamist group denies.

The 11-month old war in Gaza was triggered after ****** militants on October 7 stormed into southern *******, ******** 1200 people and taking more than 250 hostages by ******** tallies.

Since then, an estimated 40,786 Palestinians have been ******* and more than 94,000 injured in Gaza, the enclave’s health ministry said on Monday.

******* was gripped by a general strike on Monday as labour unions and businesses sought to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government into agreeing a deal to bring the remaining ******** hostages home.

*******’s Labour Court later ruled the strike must end midafternoon.

Israelis have been protesting since the bodies of six hostages were recovered in a tunnel in southern Gaza at the weekend.

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