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UNICEF's campaign to vaccinate over 40,000 children faces delays due to Israel blocking nearly 1 million syringes and infant formula citing security concerns.
- On Tuesday, UNICEF said Israel is denying entry to essential items including syringes as a catch-up immunisation campaign launched on Sunday aims to reach over 40,000 children under three in Gaza Strip.
- Israeli officials classify some items as 'dual-use', complicating approvals as syringes have awaited customs clearance since August, while COGAT, the arm of the Israeli military that oversees aid flows, did not respond to requests.
- UNICEF spelled out the scale of syringes and refrigeration required, facing challenges getting 1.6 million syringes and solar-powered fridges into Gaza, with Ricardo Pires saying, `The vaccination campaign has started, but we have two rounds to go, and for that we need more supplies.`
- Early campaign turnout underscores urgent needs as children reached on day one topped over 2,400, but the October 10 truce has not delivered enough aid for 2 million people in Gaza.
- Tensions over theft allegations and clearance procedures continue as UNICEF accuses Hamas of stealing supplies, which Hamas denies, while Israeli authorities say they are not limiting food, water, medical aid.
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Gaza starvation: children slowly killed by blocked milk and medicine
In Gaza, the war didn’t end when the bombs stopped. After the smoke from the explosions subsided, another kind of death began to creep in silently: death by starvation and disease. Children are no longer just victims of bombs, but victims of a deliberate deprivation of the most basic necessities for survival. Behind every closed crossing, a meal is held hostage, a vaccine dose is postponed, and a refrigerator storing blood or baby milk is shut d…
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scheerpost.comIsraelis Block Syringes, Refrigerators for UNICEF Vaccination of Toddlers in Gaza
Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – UNICEF, the United Nations Children Fund says it is attempting to begin a catch-up campaign of immunization in the Gaza Strip for the thousands of children who have been cut off by the Israeli total war on the Strip from life-sizing services. UNICEF also wants to provide nutrition and growth monitoring, since the deliberate Israeli starvation of children raised the danger of stunting. The campaign, however, require…
The relief agency wants to vaccinate children against diseases such as polio, but syringes and refrigerators are stuck on the border.
UNICEF says Israel blocking one million syringes needed to vaccinate Gaza children
Unicef said on Nov 11 that essential items, including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula, are being denied entry into Gaza by Israel, preventing aid agencies from reaching those in need in the war-devastated territory.
The authorities in the Gaza Strip, controlled by the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), have reported on Tuesday that some 6,000 people suffer amputations due to violence, of which one quarter are children, so they have warned of the “lack of medical facilities” for “long-term” rehabilitation programs. The Gazati Ministry of Health has indicated that 25 percent of the amputees are minors, while another 12.7 percent are women. “The lack of mate…
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