2 Sep 2024

Middle East correspondent Sebastian Usher

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 2 September 2024
A nurse administers Polio vaccine drops to a young Palestinian patient at the Nasser hospital in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip on August 31, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas militant group. The World Health Organization said Israel had agreed to at least three days of "humanitarian pauses" in parts of Gaza, starting on August 31, to facilitate a vaccination drive after the territory recorded its first case of polio in a quarter of a century. (Photo by Jihad Al-Sharafi / AFP)

A nurse administers the polio vaccine to a young Palestinian patient at a hospital in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip. Photo: Jihad Al-Sharafi / AFP

Israeli forces have recovered the bodies of six Gaza hostages held by Hamas. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his government is committed to achieving a deal to release those remaining in captivity.

And a polio vaccination campaign is underway in Gaza with the aim to vaccinate 640,000 children.