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Israel has agreed to a series of three-day "humanitarian pauses" in Gaza to allow health officials to administer polio vaccinations to children in the territory, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

Rik Peeperkorn, the World Health Organization's senior official for the Palestinian territories, said on Thursday that Israel had agreed to limited pauses in the fighting in Gaza to allow vaccinations against polio. Hamas said it is “ready to cooperate with international organisations to secure the campaign", according to a statement…

Agreement consists of temporary pauses in separate areas of Gaza with goal of vaccinating 640,000 children under 10.

Israel agrees to pauses in Gaza fighting for WHO-led polio vaccination campaign to vaccinate 640,000 children under 10 in three phases.

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