New polio vaccination drive begins in Gaza

FILE - Displaced infant Abdel-Rahman Abu El-Jedian, who suffers from polio, sleeps at a makeshift tent camp in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Aug. 27, 2024. A third polio vaccine campaign in Gaza began Feb. 22, 2025.

A third mass polio vaccination campaign began in Gaza on Saturday, AFP journalists reported, with the aim of delivering the first dose to nearly 600,000 children across the Palestinian territory.