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      Nada AlTaher

      Nada AlTaher

      Senior Foreign Reporter
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      Abu Dhabi
      Nada AlTaher is a Senior Foreign Reporter at The National and was previously a freelancer with CNN International. She hosts The National's Beyond the Headlines podcast and has a special interest in Palestine, Yemen and humanitarian issues.
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      The threat of the spread of polio in Gaza has been exacerbated by the complete halt of rubbish collection in the enclave. AFP
      Apocalyptic scenes in southern Gaza shock polio vaccination team

      Israel has blocked access to waste dump sites, with Gazans using old car parts to fix sewerage pipes, UN says

      MENASeptember 06, 2024
      The makeshift tent camp in the Mawasi area of southern Gaza where Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Strip are staying. AP
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      UN teams head to southern Gaza for second phase of polio vaccination campaign

      Medical workers aim to immunise 340,000 children following successful roll-out in the enclave

      MENASeptember 05, 2024
      A Palestinian girl is vaccinated against polio at a UN health centre in Deir Al Balah in the central Gaza Strip. Reuters
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      'Mission accomplished' in central Gaza as polio vaccine teams prepare to head south

      Administering vaccines in the south expected to be as difficult, UN says

      MENASeptember 04, 2024
      The polio vaccination campaign in central Gaza has exceeded targets set by UN agencies as it entered its third day on Tuesday. Bloomberg
      Gaza polio vaccination campaign beats first-phase targets

      More than 160,000 children under 10 have received a dose as inoculation drive enters third day

      MENASeptember 03, 2024
      Abdul Rahman Abu Al Jidyan contracted polio in the first case in Gaza and the occupied territories for 25 years. Photo: Mohamed Elsaifi
      Rollout of Gaza polio vaccines will test commitment to humanitarian pauses, says UNRWA

      UN agency aims to deliver two doses of the vaccine to 640,000 children via health centres and mobile teams

      MENAAugust 30, 2024
      EU foreign commissioner Josep Borrell had little support for his sanctions plan. EPA
      EU divided over Israel sanctions as West Bank on precipice

      Foreign commissioner Josep Borrell receives little support for imposing penalties on Israeli ministers

      MENAAugust 29, 2024
      A Palestinian family flees an Israeli raid in Nour Shams camp, near the city of Tulkarm, in the occupied West Bank. AFP
      Israeli offensive on occupied West Bank enters second day as death toll climbs to 17

      A disabled Palestinian man is reportedly among those killed in the large-scale raid that began on Wednesday, according to Wafa news agency

      MENAAugust 29, 2024
      Palestinians near the site of a drone strike in Nour Shams refugee camp in Tulkarm in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on August 27. Reuters
      Palestinian shot dead in West Bank after five killed in Tulkarm

      Man killed and three others hurt in attack near Bethlehem

      MENAAugust 27, 2024
      Libya's two rival governments are embroiled in a power struggle for oil revenue. Reuters
      Libya oil production under threat amid row over central bank governor

      Government in east of divided country says it will end production after rival administration removes bank chief

      MENAAugust 26, 2024
      Workers unload a shipment of polio vaccines at a Health Ministry depot in Gaza on Sunday. AFP
      First shipment of polio vaccine arrives in Gaza

      Unicef says aim is for 640,000 children to be vaccinated in the Palestinian enclave amid a high risk of the disease spreading

      MENAAugust 26, 2024
      A doctor examines a Palestinian girl at Al Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir Al Balah amid fears over the spread of polio in Gaza. Reuters
      Gaza baby paralysed after contracting polio, UN says

      The 10-month-old is the first case detected since Palestine was declared free of the disease 25 years ago

      MENAAugust 23, 2024
      Taliban security forces celebrate the third anniversary of the group's takeover of Afghanistan, in Kabul. AFP
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      Five repressive measures imposed on Afghanistan since Taliban takeover

      Most of the restrictions introduced in the past three years have targeted women and girls

      MENAAugust 23, 2024
      The World Health Organisation, Unicef, Gaza's local health authorities and other groups are planning to vaccinate children under 10 in the last week of August. Reuters
      Polio vaccination in war-torn Gaza facing logistical nightmare

      One case in the Palestinian territory is too many, aid agencies warn, as they plan urgent campaign to immunise children

      MENAAugust 22, 2024
      Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty host US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in El Alamein, Egypt, on August 20. Reuters
      Israel recovers bodies of six hostages as Blinken pushes for Gaza ceasefire

      Egyptian President warns US Secretary of State of a regional conflict 'difficult to imagine' if efforts to end the war do not succeed

      MENAAugust 20, 2024
      Palestinian prisoners captured in the Gaza strip pictured at a detention facility on the Sde Teiman military base in southern Israel. Breaking The Silence via AP
      Special reportHow Israeli prisons got more brutal after Gaza's war

      At least 53 detainees have died in custody since the war with Hamas started, according to UN figures

      MENAAugust 19, 2024
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