Updated On: 09 September, 2024 07:20 AM IST | Deir Al-Balah | Agencies
Meanwhile, health workers in Gaza wrap up the Phase-II of polio vaccination

People in Tel Aviv protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Pic/AFP
Israelis again poured into the streets for another large protest over the government’s failure to secure the return of remaining hostages in Gaza, while hospital and local authorities said Israeli air raids in the territory killed more than a dozen people overnight into Sunday.
Meanwhile, health workers wrapped up the second phase of an urgent polio vaccination campaign designed to prevent a large-scale outbreak. The drive, launched after the first polio case in the Palestinian enclave in 25 years, aims to vaccinate 640,000 children during a war that has destroyed Gaza’s health care system and much of its infrastructure. The third phase of vaccinations will be in the north.