Polio Vaccination In Gaza Continues Amid Israeli Strikes That Killed 48 Palestinians In 24 Hours

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JAKARTA - Israeli forces killed 48 Palestinians in the past 24 hours across the Gaza Strip as they fought against Hamas-led militants.

Meanwhile, medical workers carried out the second day of polio vaccination for children in the area.

Reported by Reuters on Monday, September 2, Palestinian officials and the United Nations said more than 80,000 children had been vaccinated in the central region of Gaza on Sunday, September 1, the first day of the campaign.

Hamas and Israel agreed to stop fighting temporarily to allow the vaccination campaign of around 640,000 children to resume.

No violations were reported near the vaccination facility.

Seven Palestinians were killed in two Israeli airstrikes in Gaza City, Palestinian officials said on Monday. Meanwhile, two airstrikes killed six others in Bureij and Nuseirat, two of the eight historic refugee camps in the Gaza Strip.

There was no immediate statement from the Israeli military. The armed wing of Hamas and Islamic Jihad said fighters had faced Israeli forces in the north, south, and in some areas of Gaza with antitank rockets and mortar fire.

UNRWA, the Palestinian refugee agency of the United Nations, repeated its call on Monday for an immediate ceasefire to help ensure a successful and safe polio vaccination campaign.

"On the first day alone, @UNRWA's team & partners reached around 87,000 children according to @WHO. Efforts are being made to provide this important vaccine for children, but what they need the most is #GrespondenceNow," he said on social media platform X.