Gaza’s Health Ministry has said that Israel is preventing the entry of polio vaccines into Gaza, threatening the gains made in seven months of efforts to combat the spread of an epidemic, Al Jazeera.
On World Health Day, the ministry said sanitary conditions across Gaza were deteriorating amid the disruption of water pumps and the ban on food and medical aid.
It added that Palestinians, especially children, were exposed to malnutrition as well as the spread of diarrhoea, skin diseases and epidemics.