{"id":2333677,"date":"2024-08-29T16:06:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-will-pause-some-fighting-to-allow-health-workers-with-polio-vaccines-into-gaza-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T16:07:59","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T20:07:59","slug":"israel-will-pause-some-fighting-to-allow-health-workers-with-polio-vaccines-into-gaza-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-will-pause-some-fighting-to-allow-health-workers-with-polio-vaccines-into-gaza-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel will pause some fighting to allow health workers with polio vaccines into Gaza &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fisrael-will-pause-some-fighting-to-allow-health-workers-with-polio-vaccines-into-gaza-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2333677&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Israel has agreed to pause its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/confirmed-chinese-troops-on-canadian-soil-during-military-exercises\/\" title=\"Confirmed: Chinese Troops on Canadian Soil During Military Exercises\">military operations<\/a> in certain areas of Gaza to facilitate\u2062 the World Health Organization (WHO) in administering polio vaccinations. This decision follows\u200c the confirmation of a polio\u200b case in a baby from Gaza earlier this \u2063month. Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO representative for the region, announced that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elliott-abrams-launches-group-to-chart-gop-foreign-policy\/\" title=\"Elliott Abrams Launches Group to Chart GOP Foreign Policy\">organization aims<\/a> to vaccinate over 640,000 children in \u2062a phased approach. Peeperkorn emphasized \u200dthe importance \u2063of taking action \u2064to prevent further transmission of the virus, stating that while the \u2064current\u2063 solution may not be ideal, it is necessary to address the\u200c health crisis in \u2063Gaza.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Israel will pause some fighting to allow health workers with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ignorance-goes-viral-in-a-new-book-on-covid\/\" title=\"Ignorance Goes Viral In A New Book On Covid\">polio vaccines<\/a> into Gaza<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1741266\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Israel<\/a> will pause its fighting in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/no-israel-is-not-an-apartheid-state\/\" title=\"No, Israel Is Not An Apartheid State\">designated areas<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/gaza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">Gaza<\/a> to allow the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/world-health-organization\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Israel\">World Health Organization<\/a> to administer polio vaccines, the WHO&rsquo;s top representative in the region said Thursday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The admittance of the vaccinations comes after a case of polio was <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/gaza-baby-polio-vaccine-who-aa79e32d45aa59f26274898c22885ba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"detected\">detected<\/a> in a baby in Gaza earlier this month. Rik Peeperkorn, the head of WHO&rsquo;s offices in West Bank and Gaza, said at a press briefing Thursday that the organization plans to vaccinate more than 640,000 children through the initiative, which will be done in phases.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think this is a way forward,&rdquo; Peeperkorn said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not going to say this is the ideal way forward, but this is a workable way forward. Not doing anything would be really bad. We have to stop this transmission in Gaza, and we have to avoid the transmission outside Gaza.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Israel Defense Forces will suspend its offensive campaign in one part of Gaza for three days from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., with the vaccinations being split between children from northern and southern Gaza over two three-day periods, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/08\/29\/world\/israel-hamas-gaza-war?smid=url-share#hfo-israel-has-emphasized-the-move-is-not-the-first-step-to-a-cease-fire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"according to\">according to<\/a> the <em>New York Times<\/em>. The effort to vaccinate Palestinian children is expected to begin Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu&rsquo;s office said Wednesday that the vaccination effort is not a ceasefire, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The war in Gaza has been raging for nearly 11 months since the conflict between Israel and Hamas began after the Oct. 7 terrorist attacks by Hamas against Israel.<\/p>\n<p>As fighting has continued, pressure has mounted for the war to conclude with the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas. Several of the hostages have been freed through a past temporary ceasefire and Israeli rescue missions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1741266\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1741266\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel will temporarily halt some military operations in specific areas of Gaza to enable the World Health Organization (WHO) to provide polio vaccinations. This announcement was made by the WHO&#8217;s leading representative in the region on Thursday, following the detection of a polio case in an infant in Gaza earlier this month. Rik Peeperkorn, head of WHO offices in the West Bank and Gaza, stated during a press briefing that they aim to vaccinate over 640,000 children through a phased approach. He remarked, &#8220;This is not an ideal solution, but it is a feasible one. Inaction would be detrimental; we must stop transmission within Gaza and prevent it from spreading beyond.&#8221; The Israel Defense Forces will pause their offensive actions for three days from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., with vaccinations scheduled for children from both northern and southern Gaza over two separate three-day periods, as reported by the New York Times. The vaccination campaign is set to commence on Sunday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office clarified that this initiative does not constitute a ceasefire. The conflict in Gaza has persisted for nearly 11 months since Hamas&#8217;s terrorist attacks against Israel on October 7th, with increasing calls for resolution tied to the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas; some hostages have been freed during previous temporary ceasefires and rescue operations conducted by Israel<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2333678,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/gaza-polio-vaccine.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[13427,20083,39686,4671,39685],"class_list":["post-2333677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-ceasefire","tag-gaza","tag-health-workers","tag-israel","tag-polio-vaccines"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/gaza-polio-vaccine.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2333677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2333677\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2333678"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2333677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2333677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2333677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}