Hamas and the Palestinian Authority have signed up to the WHO and UN backed GAVI program, aimed at the most vulnerable 20 per cent of populations.

Dec 13, 2021 · This article examines the response of two non-state actors, Hezbollah and Hamas, to the coronavirus pandemic in Lebanon and Palestine. It studies the patterns of governance, practicalities, leadership, and legitimacy both parties deployed during the Covid-19 crisis.

Mar 18, 2024 · Altogether, a reality of widespread disregard for Palestinian lives, and an exploitation of the pandemic to their own ends, by not only the Israeli government, but also by the Palestinian authority, Hamas, and other external actors, is highlighted.

The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in the occupied Palestinian territories, and Gaza specifically, highlights the effect of an ongoing blockade on public health. In 2007, following Hamas's takeover, Israel and Egypt imposed a land, air, and sea blockade of Gaza.

May 8, 2021 · The Gaza Strip is grappling with a surge in COVID-19 cases, with shortages of medicines and intensive care capacity leading the Palestinian Ministry of Health to declare almost all of the territory a “red zone”, meaning that community transmission is high.

Dec 26, 2020 · Hamas, which controls the territory, has suspended Friday prayers at mosques, shut down restaurants, wedding halls and receptions. The lockdown has left thousands without work, worsening the...

Dec 1, 2020 · Hamas leader Yehiya Sinwar is in stable condition, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. He is one of several senior Hamas officials who have tested positive for the coronavirus in recent...

May 18, 2021 · On May 3, before the conflict began, Doctors Without Borders warned of an “extraordinary” rise in COVID-19 cases in Gaza, the strip of land between Israel and Egypt that is governed by the...

Apr 13, 2020 · Since mid-April, the coronavirus pandemic spread throughout the Gaza Strip, as well as in the West Bank. By late April, Gaza recorded hundreds of dead among thousands of confirmed cases. According to expert estimates presented to Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in the Strip, close to 8,000 fatalities are expected by late May.

Mar 11, 2021 · Between March and December 2020, Gazan authorities reported a total of 33,594 infections of COVID-19 and 260 deaths. The Hamas government's immediate response centered on the isolation of possible infections as much as possible within the confines of the territory.