This is the fifth time in one week that Israel has denied entry to a UN convoy, and if this continues it will interrupt the polio vaccination campaign in the north of Gaza.
The Israeli occupation army has denied entry to the north of the Gaza Strip to a United Nations convoy transporting medicine and fuel aimed for the ongoing polio vaccination campaign, according to Anadolu news agency.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza announced Monday evening that the convoy was aimed to arrive in the north of the besieged Strip, including the Gaza and Northern Gaza Governorates, for the final stage of the polio campaign, which is supposed to start on Tuesday.
“The fuel that the convoy is holding that is being barred by the (Israeli) occupation from entering northern Gaza is allocated for the (polio) vaccination campaign in northern Gaza,” Dr. Munir al-Bursh, director general of the Gaza Health Ministry, confirmed to Anadolu.