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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 465

Adam Rasgon

Adam Rasgon

Adam Rasgon is a former Palestinian affairs reporter at The Times of Israel
Hussein al-Sheikh, secretary-general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), attends the funeral of prime minister Ahmad Qurei in the city of Ramallah in the West Bank on February 22, 2023. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
August 25, 2023, 9:01 am
The Palestinian leader who survived the death of Palestine
What would it mean for Hussein al-Sheikh to lead a people whose dream of independence is no longer alive?
By Adam Rasgon and Aaron Boxerman
Members of the Palestinian Authority security forces patrolling in the village of Beitunia in the central West Bank on April 6, 2020. (Credit: Wafa)
April 7, 2020, 1:54 am
Palestinians report 19 new coronavirus cases in West Bank, 1 in Gaza
Officials in Ramallah says four people in intensive care in the West Bank; Hamas-run health ministry releases 632 from quarantine facilities in territory
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinians leave the Makassed hospital in East Jerusalem, September 9, 2018. (Mahmoud Illean/AP)
April 6, 2020, 9:29 pm
East Jerusalem hospital officials fret over prospect of rise in virus cases
Health Ministry official says does not expect ‘eruption’ of infections in area; heads of medical institutions say their facilities lack supplies to treat COVID-19
By Adam Rasgon
Members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terror group's armed wing, the Al-Quds Brigades, spray disinfectant in the streets of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, during a campaign aimed at slowing down the spread of the novel coronavirus, March 26, 2020. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
April 5, 2020, 11:08 pm
Gaza running out of coronavirus tests, warns Hamas-run Health Ministry
Ashraf al-Qidra says inventory of kits will be depleted within days, appeals to international organizations for help; three more people in Strip recover from virus
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority security forces and an elderly man standing near the entrance to the Thabet Thabet Government Hospital in Tulkarem on April 5, 2019. (Credit: Wafa)
April 5, 2020, 6:26 pm
PA repurposes West Bank hospital for virus cases after infected man visits site
Thabet Thabet is the sole government hospital in Tulkarem; official says carrier walked through several sections of the medical facility
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian health professionals standing in a quarantine facility in the northern West Bank city of Tulkarem on April 3, 2020. (Credit: Wafa)
April 3, 2020, 11:29 pm
PA announces 22 new virus cases, raising total of confirmed infections to 193
PM Shtayyeh says Israeli Health Ministry apologized to PA for ‘unofficial statements,’ in apparent reference to report about Israel needing to ‘medically annex’ West Bank
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian medical employees disinfect Palestinian workers who came back from working in Israel at the entrance to the West Bank village of Hussan, on March 29, 2020, in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 3, 2020, 4:58 am
Amid shortage, Palestinian university develops homegrown ventilator prototype
Al-Quds University president says that, if approved, the school will manufacture the devices to help West Bank and Gaza, where there are fewer than 350 breathing machines
By Adam Rasgon
Illustrative: A doctor checks a medical ventilator control panel while wearing protective clothing at the Samson Assuta Ashdod University Hospital, March 16, 2020. (Jack Guez/AFP)
April 2, 2020, 7:25 pm
80-90% of ventilators in West Bank and Gaza already in use, WHO official says
Palestinian Authority official warns of a ‘disaster’ if Palestinian workers do not abide by quarantine upon returning to West Bank
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian health workers disinfectant Palestinian workers as they cross back from Israel to the West Bank at a checkpoint in Tarqumiya on March 27, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
April 2, 2020, 12:53 am
PA asks Israel to test thousands of Palestinian workers before they return home
Up to 50,000 laborers expected to move back to West Bank ahead of Passover, sparking fears of surge in infections; Shtayyeh blasts notion of Israel ‘medically annexing’ territory
By Adam Rasgon
A picture taken from the Israeli side of Tarkumiya checkpoint near the southern city of Kiryat Gat shows Palestinian workers crossing into Israel to reach their jobs on November 14, 2019 (HAZEM BADER / AFP)
April 1, 2020, 2:47 pm
15 Palestinian workers at Jerusalem poultry factory test positive for virus – PA
Spokesman says seven of the newly confirmed cases traveled from the plant to their West Bank homes and were near other people before health officials tested them for COVID-19
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian workers seen during construction work on new building apartment buildings in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa, East Jerusalem, on October 28, 2014. (Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash90)
March 31, 2020, 10:34 pm
Palestinians worry about expenses as virus blocks way to work in Israel
With West Bank shuttered off, laborers say they don’t know whether they’ll be able to afford groceries in coming days; unionist suggests Israel can help alleviate crisis
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinians receive their financial aid as part of $480 million in aid allocated by Qatar, at a post office in Gaza City on May 19, 2019. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)
March 31, 2020, 12:15 pm
In first since virus emerged in Gaza, banks deliver Qatari grants to poor
Doha says $100 bills to be distributed to 100,000 families; Hamas instructs beneficiaries to maintain distance of 1.5 meters from each another
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian health workers handling a coronavirus test sample of Palestinian workers as they cross back from Israel at a checkpoint in Tarqumiya on March 25, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
March 30, 2020, 9:58 pm
PA intelligence secures 10,000 virus testing kits from China
Official says Palestinians had been down to a few hundred kits to test for COVID-19 before shipment arrived
By Adam Rasgon
Magen David Adom medical team members, wearing protective gear, handle a coronavirus test sample at a drive-through site for testing in Tel Aviv, on March 22, 2020. (Flash90)
March 30, 2020, 3:24 pm
Mobile coronavirus testing clinic opens for Arab village of Arara
Joint List MK Tibi says his party appealed to Health Minister Litzman and other authorities to establish testing site in Arab community
By Adam Rasgon
Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh addressing a press conference in Ramallah on March 29, 2020. (Wafa)
March 29, 2020, 4:17 pm
Virus cases top 100 in West Bank and Gaza after infections emerge in more towns
PA premier says China will send Palestinians aid for virus testing and ventilators; Gaza quarantine to be extended from 14 to 21 days
By Adam Rasgon
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