Parents in Gaza have lamented the UN’s decision to suspend polio vaccinations for young children in the enclave but said it pales in comparison to the threat of death and hunger as Israel intensifies a siege on the north. The UN and Palestinian partners postponed the third and final phase of inoculations in Gaza’s north on Wednesday “due to escalating violence, intense bombardment, mass displacement orders, and lack of assured humanitarian pauses”, Unicef said.

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