Int’l Desk:

Israel’s military continues to pound the Gaza Strip, killing several Palestinians in attacks on Gaza City in the north and Khan Younis in the south, a day after at least 19 people died in assaults throughout the Strip.

The first phase of a UN-led vaccination drive to inoculate Gaza’s children against polio has officially ended. About 560,000 children received their first dose over 12 days.

UN chief Antonio Guterres told Al Jazeera the US must pressure Israel to end its devastating war on Gaza, but admits, “I know the American political life sufficiently to know that will not happen.”

At least 41,118 people have been killed and 95,125 wounded in Israel’s war on Gaza. In Israel, the number of those killed in the Hamas-led attacks on October 7 is at least 1,139, while more than 200 people were taken captive.