Israeli strikes in Gaza kill at least 12 as health workers continue vaccinations

A Palestinian flag flies near the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah (Khalil Hamra)

Israeli air raids in the Gaza Strip killed more than a dozen people overnight into Saturday morning, local authorities said, as health workers were completing the second phase of an urgent polio vaccination campaign in the territory.

The vaccination drive was launched after health officials confirmed the first polio case in the Palestinian enclave in 25 years, in a 10-month-old boy whose leg is now paralysed.