UN chief calls for assurances of humanitarian pauses for polio vaccination campaign in Gaza

Gaza's Hamas-run health ministry declared a polio epidemic in the Palestinian enclave last month, blaming Israel's ongoing military offensive.

A Palestinian boy receives polio vaccine at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern of Gaza Strip February 23, 2014.

A Palestinian boy receives polio vaccine at a hospital in Khan Younis in the southern of Gaza Strip February 23, 2014.

(photo credit: IBRAHEEM ABU MUSTAFA/REUTERS)

ByREUTERS

AUGUST 16, 2024 19:20

Updated: AUGUST 16, 2024 20:35

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