After causing a polio outbreak, Israeli military claims vaccines have been delivered in Gaza

The Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), a unit of the Israeli Defense Ministry responsible for overseeing aid to Gaza, claimed that polio vaccines for 1.26 million people were delivered to the besieged enclave through the Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing.

Neither Palestinian authorities nor UN officials have commented on the delivery.

The news comes after Gaza recorded its first case of polio last week, and as the WHO confirmed that a 10-month-old baby was now paralysed due to the disease.

"It is not enough to bring the vaccines into Gaza [and] protect the cold chain," Phillippe Lazzarrini, commissioner general of Unrwa, said on X. "To have an impact, the vaccines must end up in the mouths of every child under the age of 10."

Israel's war on Gaza is largely responsible for the polio outbreak.