Israel facilitates massive polio vaccination drive in Gaza A three-phase medical campaign headed by the United Nations is underway after several children in the Strip contracted the disease. Canaan Lidor Sept. 9, 2024
Polio vaccination campaign gives lie to claims of Israeli ‘genocide’ It’s hard to think of another state, particularly one enveloped in a war of survival, which would go to such lengths to protect children in the combat zone from a devastating illness. Ben Cohen Sept. 6, 2024
WHO inoculates 160,000 Gaza children with polio vaccine, surpassing targets During the first days of the campaign, WHO doctors vaccinated 161,030 children under the age of 10, above the projection of 156,500. Sept. 3, 2024
Terror-linked UNRWA leads Gaza polio vaccination drive Israel has consented to “humanitarian pauses” across areas of the Gaza Strip to facilitate the inoculation effort. Shirit Avitan Cohen and Lilach Shoval Sept. 1, 2024
Israel, Hamas agree to ‘humanitarian pauses’ for polio vaccinations in Gaza, WHO says “I’m not going to say this is the ideal way forward, but this is a workable way forward,” said Dr. Rik Peeperkorn, of the global body. Mike Wagenheim Aug. 29, 2024
Israel agrees to pause Gaza fighting for polio vaccination drive Denying the Washington Post report, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office says Israel has not agreed to a general cessation of hostilities but rather to "designating specific areas in the Gaza Strip." Aug. 29, 2024
IDF: Almost 300,000 polio vaccines sent to Gaza since Oct. 7 In the upcoming weeks, another 43,250 vials of polio jab are scheduled to arrive in Israel and will be delivered to the Strip. Aug. 21, 2024
Soldiers offered polio vaccine after virus found in Gaza sewage Vaccine also brought in for Gaza population. July 21, 2024
Study: Largely secular reasons for low Israeli haredi COVID vaccinations Social-work researchers at Hebrew University found that this segment of the population was motivated mostly by education levels, fear and logistics. March 28, 2024
