Gazans rush to get children vaccinated as war is halted

Crowds of Palestinians gathered at medical centres in the south of the embattled Gaza Strip yesterday for their children to be vaccinated against polio in the second stage of a campaign that has so far seen 187,000 youngsters inoculated.

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Pressure mounts on Benjamin Netanyahu as rivals say Israeli prime minister will never stop ‘forever war&

A &forever war& will carry on in Gaza for as long as Benjamin Netanyahu&s government is in power, the country&s opposition leader has warned.

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Gaza polio vaccination campaign surpasses target, Unicef says

The UN children's agency has said a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a "rare bright spot" in nearly 11 months of war.

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Israel opposition leader says ‘forever war& in Gaza will continue until Netanyahu is ousted

A &forever war& will carry on in Gaza for as long as Benjamin Netanyahu&s government is in power, the country&s opposition leader has warned.

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Israelis& public protests heap pressure on leader Netanyahu to end war and free hostages

Israel remains on the boil in the wake of the murders of six hostages in Gaza just as troops were closing in on their location.

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‘We&ve lost two years of school already& & Gazan children&s pain at being deprived of a regular life war drags on

Gaza schoolgirl Rama Abu Seif longs to return to a classroom to study, but it is now a dormitory for families displaced by war. Her books were burned to light fires in clay ovens. Her school bag is stuffed with clothes in case she needs to flee an Israeli bombardment quickly.

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