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Israeli children ages 5 to 11 receive the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, at Maccabi Healthcare Services vaccination center in Modi'in, November 22, 2021.

Israel began on Monday to vaccinate young children ages 5 to 11 against COVID-19. The vaccine for young children is one-third the dose of that administered to children ages 12 and up.

The pediatric vaccination campaign using the Pfizer Bio-N-Tech COVID-19 vaccine officially begins Tuesday.

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Hana Levi Julian is a Middle East news analyst with a degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Southern Connecticut State University. A past columnist with The Jewish Press and senior editor at Arutz 7, Ms. Julian has written for Babble.com, Chabad.org and other media outlets, in addition to her years working in broadcast journalism.