Gaza City, November 3 (RHC)-- Three children were injured on Saturday after an Israeli attack on a clinic where children were vaccinated against polio, in the north of Gaza City, according to the Palestinian news agency Wafa.

Medical sources reported that three injured children arrived at the Baptist Hospital in Gaza City after an Israeli drone dropped a bomb on a group of children within the walls of the clinic in the Sheikh Radwan neighborhood.

The third phase of the polio immunization campaign for children under 10 years old was launched over the weekend in the Gaza Strip, with the exception of the north of the Gaza Strip, which has witnessed genocide and ethnic cleansing for 29 days.

Thousands of children are expected to miss out on the vaccine as Israeli attacks and troops are hindering authorities from reaching some areas in the north.  Those include Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoon, which have borne the brunt of the Israeli siege that has killed more than a thousand people in the past month.

Polio had been eradicated in Gaza 25 years ago, but the destruction of the healthcare system in the enclave as a result of Israeli attacks triggered multiple health crises, which saw the virus spreading again.

A 10-month-old Palestinian baby was partly paralysed as a result of the virus earlier this year, prompting the rollout of the campaign.

But the campaign will not only benefit those inside the enclave, as authorities are also trying to prevent spread to neighboring countries, including Israel.

[ SOURCE:  PRENSA LATINA ]