Palestine

The Palestinian Minister of Health, Mai Alkila, announced the registration of a second death in the country with the new Corona virus. In an interview with "Voice of Palestine", the minister confirmed the death of a 55-year-old man from…

The Palestinian authorities reported the first death from the coronavirus on Wednesday, a woman in her 60s who lived in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. “The woman had experienced symptoms and was later hospitalised” before succumbing to…

Qatar announced $150 million in aid to the Gaza Strip over a period of six months, to support United Nations humanitarian programs in the Palestinian territory and efforts to contain the new coronavirus outbreak, the state-run Qatari…

The first two cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the densely-populated Gaza Strip, Palestinian health officials said on Sunday. The two Palestinian men, both in their 30s, tested positive for the virus after returning from…

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Israel have jumped by 40 percent to 427 in the past 24 hours, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, predicting a steeper rise as mass-testing is implemented. “We will reach a situation in which there are…

Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa mosque and Dome of the Rock will shut their doors as a precaution against coronavirus, Islamic religious authorities said on Sunday, while outdoor prayers will still be allowed at the complex that houses Islam’s third…

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial was delayed on Sunday for two months, until May, due to the coronavirus crisis. Israel’s Justice Ministry said the trial, due to have opened on March 17 with the reading of an…

Israeli troops killed a Palestinian teenager in the occupied West Bank on Wednesday during a protest against feared Israeli land confiscation, the Palestinian Health Ministry said. The Palestinian Health Ministry said one youth, aged 15,…

The Palestinian Ministry of Health announced the activation of the emergency plan in Jericho, Bethlehem and Al-Aghwar as part of its precautionary directives regarding the outbreak of the new Corona virus, after announcing a number of…

Dozens of citizens gathered at noon in front of the Beit Hanoun "Erez" crossing in the northern Gaza Strip and held Friday prayers in front of the barrier gate to express their rejection of the Ultimate Deal aimed at settling the…