▲ Palestinian teacher Isra Abu Mustafa, whose school was destroyed, teaches a girl under a tarp amid the devastation caused by Israeli bombing in Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip.Afp Photo
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The newspaper La Jornada
Thursday, September 5, 2024, p. 25
Gaza. At least 42 Palestinians were killed and 107 wounded yesterday in the latest round of Israeli bombings on the Gaza Strip, while the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced that the polio vaccination campaign in the enclave reached almost 190,000 children in just four days, surpassing its goal and providing a unusual ray of hope in the midst of this war.
The Gazan Ministry of Health said in a statement that the deaths and injuries were the result of three massacres carried out by Israeli troops in the last few hours, although he did not specify the areas where they were committed.
With these new figures, the number of deaths caused by the war that Israel launched against Hamas on October 7 rose to 40,861 and 94,398 wounded. He indicated that There are still victims under the rubble and lying in the streets, with ambulances and civil defense personnel unable to reach them..
UNICEF confirmed that the first phase of the anti-polio campaign in the Gaza Strip has already reached 189,000 children under 10 years of age through the more than 500 vaccination teams deployed this week. United Nations agencies hope to expand this mission to the northern and southern areas of the territory most affected by the war, with the aim of immunizing 640,000 children.
The operations began last Sunday after the first case of polio in 25 years was detected in a 10-month-old baby. The large number of immunizations was obtained by the humanitarian pauses in the fighting, which is why the UN asked that they continue to achieve greater reach.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, meanwhile, blamed Hamas for rejecting all points of a proposal for a ceasefire and the release of hostages. I hope that changes because I want to get the hostages out.he said, after the US State Department stated the day before yesterday that it is time to finish an agreement.
Netanyahu noted: We are trying to find some area to start negotiations.but reiterated that They refuse and say there is nothing to talk about..
The Islamist group responded that If the aggression stops, the prisoners will return alive. If the aggression continues, their fate is unknown. Every day that Netanyahu remains in power will mean a new coffin.He said there was no need for new ceasefire proposals and that Israel should be pressured to accept the US plan.
During a special session of the UN Security Council, Dmitry Poliansky, Russia’s deputy ambassador, said Israel is seeking a military resolution to the conflict, ignoring the resolution on a gradual ceasefire.
On the other hand, Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant said that attacks in the reoccupied West Bank will have to be intensified to prevent terrorism.
He specified that These organizations, which have various names, whether in Nur al Shams, Tulkarem, Faraa or Jenin, must be eliminated.referring to cities and refugee camps where the Israeli army is carrying out its offensive.
Amid the fighting yesterday, a girl looking out of a window in the city of Jenin was shot dead by a sniper, as thousands of people in Israel continued to take to the streets demanding a peace deal that would bring hostages home and the resignation of Netanyahu.