Safety concerns remain amid Gaza’s polio vaccination campaign

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The continued Israeli bombardment across Gaza has been a challenge for Palestinian parents in order to safely access healthcare centres for polio vaccination, Al Jazeera’s Tareq Abu Azzoum reports from Deir el-Balah, central Gaza.

We know two towns in the central areas that are excluded from the humanitarian pauses. Families there are struggling to get their children vaccinated.

There is also constant hovering of military drones in Deir el-Balah, even as parents are getting their children vaccinated and they feel the lack of safety.

They believe these drones might target any area at any moment.

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