Jerusalem: Israel has killed 48 Palestinians in heavy bombing in central and southern Gaza just ahead of a polio vaccination campaign. The United Nations has agreed to an eight-hour regional ceasefire between Israel and Hamas to allow Gaza's 640,000 children to be vaccinated.

But the type of attacks carried out by Israel even before the vaccination started has raised doubts about the success of this campaign.

More than two thousand health workers will be vaccinated

The need to launch this campaign has been felt after the polio virus was found in a child in Gaza. More than two thousand health workers will be vaccinated in this campaign. Earlier on Friday, Israel had attacked a convoy of vehicles carrying medicines to Gaza.

In another development, two Palestinians were killed in firing by Israeli security forces near Jewish settlements in the Jenin area of ​​the West Bank on Saturday.

Israeli army said Palestinian militants opened fire

The Israeli army says that these Palestinian militants had come to attack Jewish settlements at two different places and when they were spotted by security personnel, they started firing and both were killed in the retaliatory firing.