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Osama al-Najjar

Palestinian health workers at a hospital in the West Bank town of Nablus, where health workers were vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), after the delivery of vaccine doses from Israel. February 3, 2021. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
January 16, 2022, 10:48 pm
Palestinians see few serious coronavirus cases, but infections expected to rise soon
As COVID spikes in Israel, reported infections and hospitalizations low in West Bank and Gaza, although little testing being done
By Aaron Boxerman
A Palestinian man wearing a protective mask sits outside a closed shop in the West Bank town of Beit Sahur, near Bethlehem amid a tightened lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic on February 24, 2021. (Photo by HAZEM BADER / AFP)
February 25, 2021, 6:26 am
West Bank enters 3rd wave with surging infections, no mass vaccination in sight
PA health minister recommends another two-week lockdown as 1,307 Palestinians test positive for virus in 24 hours
By Aaron Boxerman
The Palestinian Ministry of Health crews conduct random checks through blood in the town of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, on January 14, 2021. For the first time, preventive medicine will contact citizens to complete hundreds of checks during blood sampling, to avoid violating the curfew measures. The blood test helps measure anti-bodies. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
January 24, 2021, 7:09 pm
Senior PA health official: We’re hesitant about using Russian vaccine
Ramallah also worried by delay in getting doses, with first major AstraZeneca shipment due in March and other suppliers possibly taking months more
By Aaron Boxerman
Palestinian children have their temperature checked as they arrive at a kindergarten in Gaza city while wearing face shields due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on November 23, 2020. (MOHAMMED ABED / AFP)
November 24, 2020, 9:44 pm
Palestinians in West Bank and Gaza battered by record surge in virus cases
Nearly 2,000 new cases diagnosed in day, with sky-high positivity rate sparking fears of wider, undetected outbreak; 17 die from virus in 24 hours
By Aaron Boxerman
A Christian worshiper lights candles in Bethlehem's Church of the Nativity following its reopening as Palestinian authorities eased coronavirus restrictions in the West Bank, on May 26, 2020. (Musa Al SHAER / AFP)
May 27, 2020, 8:34 pm
Palestinians report 5 new coronavirus cases in West Bank
First patients in several days confirmed outside of Hebron, are said to have been infected by workers returning from Israel
By Aaron Boxerman
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