Israel is expected to pause some of its operations in Gaza on Sunday to allow health workers to roll out their campaign to administer polio vaccines to some 650,000 Palestinian children.
A campaign to inoculate children in Gaza against polio and prevent the spread of the virus began on Saturday, a day before the large-scale rollout and planned temporary pause in fighting agreed to by Israel and the United Nations World Health Organization .Children in Gaza began receiving vaccines, the Strip's Hamas -controlled health ministry announced in a news conference.
Healthcare workers in Gaza have been warning of the potential for a polio outbreak for months, as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza has deepened throughout the war which broke out after Hamas-led militants stormed into southern Israel, killing some 1,200 people and abducting around 250. Israel's retaliatory offensive has killed more than 40,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza's Health Ministry, which does not say how many were militants.
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