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Hamas quietly allows Gaza doctors to get COVID-19 training in Israel

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Published: 1 May 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Rare and unpublicised breaking of non-co-operation edict by Gaza administration to upskill local doctors

Hamas quietly allows Gaza doctors to get COVID-19 training in Israel (Al-Monitor)
Gazan medical staff received training inside Israel on the novel coronavirus in unpublicised coordination between Hamas and Israel

Amid coronavirus pandemic, Gaza medics trained by Israeli teams (Times of Israel)
Medical staff from enclave attend workshops at Erez Crossing and Ashkelon’s Barzilai Medical Centre; conference calls held between medics on both sides of border

High Court petition demands health insurance for Palestinian labourers in Israel (Haaretz)
Health Ministry directed employers to arrange medical coverage for Palestinians who stay in Israel due to the coronavirus outbreak, but the directive hasn't been carried out

Photo: Palestinian workers making hand sanitizer at a factory in Khan Younis, in the southern Gaza Strip, on March 16, 2020 (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
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