NEW: Israel, Hamas Agree to Short-Term Pauses for Polio Vaccinations

The Israeli military and Palestinian militant group Hamas have agreed to three separate, zoned three-day pauses in fighting in the Gaza Strip to allow for the vaccination of some 640,000 children against polio, a senior WHO official said on Thursday. ...

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He said the campaign would start in central Gaza with a three-day pause in fighting, then move to southern Gaza, where there would be another three-day pause, followed by northern Gaza. Peeperkorn added that there was an agreement to extend the humanitarian pause in each zone to a fourth day if needed.

Ed Morrissey

There's already been one child paralyzed by polio in Gaza, diagnosed last week. There's good reason for both sides to accommodate a vaccination mission; no one wants that to spread. 

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