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Four children among six injured in attack on Gaza vaccination centre

The centre was targeted while parents were bringing their children for polio vaccinations.

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A Palestinian boy collects spilled flour at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. Pic/AFP

A Palestinian boy collects spilled flour at the site of an Israeli airstrike in Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al-Balah in the Gaza Strip. Pic/AFP

The World Health Organisation (WHO) condemned the attack on the Sheikh Radwan primary health care centre in northern Gaza, where six people, including four children, were injured during a humanitarian pause. The centre was targeted while parents were bringing their children for polio vaccinations.

Sharing a post on X, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the WHO wrote, "We have received an extremely concerning report that the Sheikh Radwan primary health care centre in northern #Gaza was struck today while parents were bringing their children to the life-saving #polio vaccination in an area where a humanitarian pause was agreed to allow vaccination to proceed. Six people, including four children, were injured."

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