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Israel hurts Palestinian efforts to tackle Covid-19 by confiscating medical tents
A paramedic from the Palestinian Ministry of Health checks the body temperature of a Palestinian laborer after exiting an Israeli army checkpoint, on his way home at the end of a day work in Israel
THE Israeli government has been accused of hindering Palestinian efforts to combat the Covid-19 crisis after officials confiscated medical tents in the West Bank.
Early on Thursday, officials from the Israeli occupation administration stole eight tent structures from the town of Ibziq in the Jordan Valley, two of which were to be used as emergency clinics, according to Israeli human-rights group B’Tselem.
The group described the action as “shocking” and “especially cruel” during this time of global crisis.
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