A 16-year-old child with hematologic disease and two adult men with cancer were denied an Israeli army permit to leave the besieged Gaza Strip for medical treatment at hospitals in Jerusalem or the West Bank, […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health today launched a national vaccination campaign against coronavirus. Patients deemed most at risk were inoculated in the first phase of the rollout of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccination, with former Palestinian […]
The timely provision of COVID-19 supplies by the Government of the People’s Republic of China are being distributed across 141 UNRWA-run health centers in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria, the […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health confirmed today it has received the first 10,000 doses of the Russian-manufactured Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine. Speaking at a joint press conference with the Russian ambassador to Palestine Gocha Buachidze, […]
In 2020, the World Health Organization (WHO) recorded 59 Israeli attacks against Palestinian healthcare in the occupied Palestinian territory, according to its latest report on health access in the occupied territories. Of these, 42 percent […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health dismissed last night reports by Israeli media outlets that it had received any COVID-19 vaccinations from Israel. The ministry said in a statement that it had been approached by non-governmental […]
Amnesty International on Tuesday called on Israel to start providing coronavirus vaccine doses to Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza. In the occupied West Bank, the vaccination drive includes only those living in […]
Israeli occupation forces raided a Palestinian hospital in the occupied West Bank city of Tulkarem and fired tear gas into it in the early hours of yesterday morning, the Wafa news agency reported. Director of […]
Kafa, a 55-year-old patient from Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, was repeatedly denied access to treatment abroad by Israeli authorities. Kafa, who was diagnosed with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) in August 2018, underwent chemotherapy […]
A pregnant woman and a paramedic were injured early today as Israeli occupation forces raided the courtyards of the Palestine Medical Complex in the occupied West Bank city of Ramallah, according to the Palestinian news […]
Four million doses of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine are expected in Palestine in the near future, today said Osama Najjar, an official with the Palestinian Ministry of Health. Najjar told Voice of Palestine radio that […]
An EU delegation arrived in the besieged Gaza Strip today to assess the health situation in the Palestinian territory amid a coronavirus outbreak. The delegation visited the European Hospital in Gaza for treatment of COVID-19 […]
Less than 24 hours after Gaza’s medical facilities ran out of coronavirus testing kits, including swaps, the besieged sea enclave tonight received a new supply of urgently needed kits provided by the World Health Organization […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) yesterday condemned Israel for its violations of health rights in the Palestinian territories and in the occupied Golan Heights during the coronavirus pandemic. Representatives from dozens of countries, including Malaysia, […]
The Israeli occupation authorities caused the destruction of 100,000 coronavirus testing swabs destined to the occupied Palestinian territories, Health Minister Mai Alkaila stated today. Speaking to Voice of Palestine, Alkaila confirmed that the Israeli occupation […]
The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Nickolay Mladenov, revealed on Monday some “temporary” measures for Palestinian patients in the besieged Gaza Strip to travel for treatment. “A temporary arrangement has been […]
Consultant pediatrician and Chairman of the Gaza Neonatal Network (GNN) Dr. Nabil Al-Baraqoun warned on Wednesday that the frequent electricity outages threaten the lives of 120 newborn babies currently being taken care of in intensive care […]
A joint paper by Medical Aid for Palestinians (MAP), Al-Haq, and the Jerusalem Legal Aid and Human Rights Centre (JLAC) exposed how systematic neglect and de-development of Palestinian healthcare have left Palestinian communities in East […]
The Palestinian Health Ministry in Gaza announced on Sunday the first two cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, in the besieged Gaza Strip. Deputy Health Minister Youssef Abulreesh said that the […]
By Fawzi Mahmoud The besieged Gaza Strip is one of the most vulnerable spots on Earth to the spread of Coronavirus, due to the prolonged Israeli military siege on the small region. In a recent […]
The Palestinian Health Ministry said today in its daily report that there are 16 confirmed coronavirus cases in Palestine so far, according to the Palestinian news agency WAFA. In addition, 18 were placed in special […]
Minister of Health Mai Kaileh confirmed today that there are seven cases of coronavirus in Palestine, the first since the outbreak of the deadly virus. During a press conference in Bethlehem, the Minister said that […]
By Ramzy Baroud What if the Coronavirus reaches the besieged Gaza Strip? While the question carries great urgency for all Palestinians living under Israel’s military occupation, the Gaza situation is particularly complex and extremely […]
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that there are zero cases of COVID-19, the official name of coronavirus in the occupied Palestinian territories; the risk, nevertheless, remains high. In an update on the disease […]
Social media users have called out the Israeli army for a Twitter post celebrating two female soldiers for cutting off their hair for a good cause. The Israeli army said the pair donated their hair to make […]
Out of 219 patient applications who were denied in August Israeli permits to leave Gaza through Erez/Beit Hanoun crossing for healthcare in West Bank or East Jerusalem hospitals, 40 were children under 18 years of […]
Up to 850 Palestinians from the village of Marda in the northern West Bank were infected by organisms in polluted water between Monday and Wednesday, the Palestinian Ministry of Health has revealed. Access to Clean […]
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza yesterday warned of deterioration in conditions in its hospitals due to the “unprecedented” lack of medicines, Shehab.ps reported. In a statement, the ministry said that: “Patients in Gaza hospitals are […]
The second group of the medical aid convoy, “Miles of Smiles 36” arrived in the Gaza Strip through Rafah Border Crossing, Monday. Khaled Al-Yousef, the coordinator of the Miles of Smiles convoy in Europe, said […]
A lack of health funding in Gaza means 1,700 people shot by Israeli forces may have to face amputations in the next two years, Jamie McGoldrick, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator for occupied Palestinian territory, told […]
A recent New York Times made many claims about the ‘mass rape’ of Israeli women on October 7. But two leading Palestinian media organizations, The Palestine Chronicle and Friends of Palestine Network, conducted a joint investigation, the outcome of which resulted in the ‘The Black Dress’, a groundbreaking 18-minute documentary looking into allegations and the possible falsification of evidence.
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