With the ongoing aggression of Israel in the Gaza Strip, more than 16,000 children were at risk of missing their routine vaccinations. The conflict had disrupted healthcare services, leaving diseases like measles and polio looming over them, United Nation Children’s fund report states.

Samaheer is a nurse working tirelessly to address major health challenges. She highlights the urgency of the situation: “We are administering the Hepatitis B vaccine to one-week old infants. Every day, we receive between 200 and 250 children in urgent need of vaccination, a significant number given the severe shortage we face in these challenging conditions.”

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