Four days of high-level meetings failed to achieve a breakthrough, but people briefed on the talks said discussions on technical issues would take place in the coming days.

Good progress is being made in rolling out a polio vaccine to children in Gaza but a permanent ceasefire in the 11-month waris needed to ease humanitarian suffering, the main U.N. agency for Palestinians said on Wednesday.

The World Health Organization (WHO) says polio vaccinations of children in central Gaza have "surpassed the target" in the first two days of its immunisation campaign. Dr Rik Peeperkorn, the UN agency's representative in the Palestinian territories,

The U.N. children’s agency said a polio vaccination campaign in Gaza reached 189,000 children, surpassing its target and providing a “rare bright spot” in nearly 11 months of war. UNICEF said Wednesday that more than 500 teams deployed across central Gaza this week,