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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 570

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Palestinians walk past debris of buildings destroyed during the Israel-Hamas war, in Gaza City on March 28, 2025. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
March 29, 2025, 1:17 am
IDF says it hit dozens of terror sites in Gaza as UN agency pans ‘disregard for life’
At least 41 dead in past day, according to Hamas health ministry; after World Central Kitchen says volunteer killed in airstrike, military vows to probe incident
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Trucks carrying WHO (World Health Organization) aid prepare to cross a checkpoint on Salah al-Din road in al-Mughraqa in the central Gaza Strip, on February 13, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
March 9, 2025, 4:19 pm
Knesset to debate withdrawing from WHO over ‘anti-Israel bias, antisemitism’
Health expert says potential departure from international organization would ‘be a source of grief for generations,’ damage Israel’s ability to combat contagions such as winter flu
By Sam Sokol
A Palestinian man holds a baby as a medic administers a polio vaccine at a camp for displaced people in Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip on February 23, 2025. (Eyad BABA / AFP)
February 27, 2025, 4:43 pm
Gaza polio vaccination drive reached 600,000 children in five days, WHO says
UN health agency chief says ceasefire enabled even more children to be reached than in previous rounds, including those who may have been missed due to security issues
By AFP and ToI Staff
A Palestinian student receives a polio vaccine on the first day of classes at a school in Gaza City on February 23, 2025, as part of a polio vaccination campaign. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
February 25, 2025, 8:37 pm
WHO hails Gaza polio drive but warns US pullout leaves agency cash-strapped in Strip
UN body’s spokesman calls to expand medical evacuations from Gaza to Jordan and the West Bank, says it hopes to bring in a prefabricated hospital by March
By AFP and ToI Staff
Palestinian medics administer polio vaccines to children at the al-Daraj neighborhood clinic in Gaza City on September 10, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP)
February 22, 2025, 7:15 pm
Third round of polio vaccinations begins in Gaza amid ceasefire
Highly contagious disease detected in coastal enclave’s sewage waters; WHO — with assistance from UNRWA — plans to vaccinate 591,000 children by Feb. 26
By AFP and ToI Staff
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child at a hospital in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, September 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
February 19, 2025, 6:47 pm
WHO says campaign to vaccinate Gazan children against polio set to resume Saturday
Vaccine drive to start back up again after virus detected in wastewater; UN body says some 7,000 children from north Gaza weren’t inoculated in last round due to intense fighting
By ToI Staff and Reuters
US President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, January 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
January 21, 2025, 9:30 am
Trump leaves WHO and climate accord, among massive changes to US policy on first day
Executive orders aimed at wiping out Biden’s legacy include freezing TikTok ban, rolling back transgender rights, limiting immigration, halting foreign aid spending
By AP
Ambulances transport wounded Palestinians from north Gaza's Kamal Adwan Hospital, in Beit Lahia, to the Shifa hospital in Gaza City, on December 28, 2024. (Omar Al-Qattaa / AFP)
January 17, 2025, 12:03 am
WHO says at least $10 billion needed over 5-7 years to rebuild Gaza health system
3 billion required in first year, says envoy; UN agency chief says fewer than half of Gaza’s hospitals functional, urges Israel, Hamas to start ceasefire now
By AFP and ToI Staff
Screen grab of a video released by the military apparently shows terror operatives fleeing during an ambush in Jabalia on December 30, 2024 (Israel Defense Forces)
December 30, 2024, 4:02 pm
IDF says ‘many dozens’ of terror operatives killed in overnight north Gaza ambushes
WHO demands Israel release detained director of Beit Lahiya hospital, who IDF says is suspected of ties to Hamas, after 240 operatives arrested in raid on medical center
By Emanuel Fabian, AFP and ToI Staff
Workers walk past broken glass in Sanaa International Airport following Israeli airstrikes on Yemen the previous day, December 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
December 28, 2024, 3:32 am
WHO chief says he didn’t know if he’d survive Israeli airstrike on Sanaa airport
Top UN official, in Yemen to try to negotiate release of staff held there, declines to engage in recriminations over attack but expresses surprise over targeting of civilian site
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Left to right: Sgt. First Class. (res.) Alexander Anosov (IDF), Maj. (res.) Moshiko (Maxim) Rozenwald, 35 (Courtesy); Both were killed in a building collapse in the southern Gaza Strip on December 16, 2024.
December 17, 2024, 4:47 pm
Two IDF soldiers killed in southern Gaza building collapse, two injured
Defense minister says Israel to retain security control of Strip post-war and maintain freedom for the military to act like it has in the West Bank
By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies
Illustrative — Trucks with aid arrive at the Palestinian side of the Kerem Shalom border crossing, in the southern Gaza Strip, on February 17, 2024. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
November 7, 2024, 2:35 am
Over 200 Gazans, both patients and caregivers, evacuated via Israel for medical care
WHO works with COGAT to transport Gazans to Ramon Airport near Eilat for treatment in UAE and Romania, in largest such operation in months
By AFP and Jeremy Sharon
A health worker marks the finger of a child who received a vaccination for polio in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip on September 4, 2024 amid the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory between Israel and terror group Hamas. (Eyad Baba/AFP)
November 6, 2024, 9:59 pm
Over 1 million Gazans vaccinated in fresh polio campaign, IDF says
Effort to distribute vaccines across Strip wraps up after second drive in three months, prompted by unvaccinated 10-month-old who was partially paralyzed by disease in August
By Jeremy Sharon
Cpt. Yarden Zakay, 21, a platoon commander in the Givati Brigade's Shaked Battalion. (Israel Defense Forces)
November 1, 2024, 6:36 pm
IDF Cpt. Yarden Zakay, wounded in Gaza’s Rafah in September, dies of his injuries
21-year-old was injured in blast that killed 4 other troops; WHO: 2nd round of Gaza polio vaccinations to begin, but area covered is ‘substantially reduced’ compared to 1st round
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Soldiers killed in fighting in Gaza on October 25, 2024 (L-R): Sgt. Ido Ben Zvi, Sgt. Hillel Ovadia, Cpt. Barak Israel Sagan (Courtesy)
October 25, 2024, 6:36 pm
3 soldiers killed in north Gaza as troops raid hospital in pursuit of Hamas operatives
IDF says it has facilitated the evacuation of patients and sent in medical supplies; Palestinians say dozens detained; WHO says it has lost contact with Kamal Adwan Hospital
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
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