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Thursday, September 3, 2020
PA health officials to visit Gaza, bring coronavirus aid
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePalestinian Authority Health Minister Mai al-Kaila will lead a delegation of health officials from the West Bank to the Gaza Strip tomorrow, the PA Health Ministry in Ramallah announces.
The delegation will arrive along with some 20 trucks bearing coronavirus-related medical aid, al Kaila-says.
Such public coordination between the Fatah-dominated PA and Hamas is relatively rare, as there is little love lost between the two rival Palestinian governments. In 2007, Hamas expelled Fatah from the Gaza Strip after a bloody struggle for control of the coastal enclave. Several attempts at reconciliation since then have failed to end the schism in Palestinian politics.
An offer by Hamas earlier this summer to provide medical aid to the West Bank as the virus raged in PA-controlled areas was declined.
— Aaron Boxerman
The Times of Israel Community.