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World Health Organization chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hails "encouraging" news about Covid-19 vaccines but voices serious concern about surging cases in many countries, insisting that complacency is not an option. SOUNDBITE
Healthcare workers administer polio vaccine drops to Gazan children in Deir el-Balah, as a polio vaccination campaign officially began in the Strip where the United Nations has announced "humanitarian pauses" to allow for large-scale innoculation. IMAGES
The impact of the Israel-Hamas conflict is having a 'catastrophic' impact on health in Gaza says World Health Organisation Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus at the opening of a WHO executive board special session called to discuss the health conditions in the Palestinian territories. SOUNDBITE
A Red Cross convoy with Israeli hostages onboard leaves the Gaza Strip for Egypt via the Rafah border crossing as more hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce that has paused weeks of deadly fighting. The armed wing of Hamas said six Israelis had been handed over to the Red Cross in the latest release, after two women were released earlier, which the militant group said "completed" the seventh handover of hostages under the truce deal. IMAGES
A Red Cross convoy transporting released hostages arrives at the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing, on their way to Egypt. The armed wing of Hamas said six Israelis had been handed over to the Red Cross in the Gaza Strip in the latest release, after two women were released earlier, which the militant group said "completed" the seventh handover of hostages under the truce deal. IMAGES
A Red Cross convoy with six Israeli hostages onboard crosses Rafah border to Egypt as more hostages were released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners under an extended truce that has paused weeks of deadly fighting. IMAGES