Baby in Shifa hospital

Israel agrees to 3-day humanitarian pause for polio vaccinations in Gaza

Around 640,000 Palestinian children will be vaccinated against polio during temporary humanitarian pauses in Gaza. Source: Kashfi Halford via Flickr. Israel has agreed to three-day temporary “humanitarian” pauses in the Gaza Strip to allow the distribution of polio vaccinations of around 640,000 children, said a World Health Organization (WHO) official on Thursday. Beginning today, the…