APAwire - APAwire CLIENTS ONLY, Gaza - 19 January 2021. Palestinians attend a press confernce about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Israeli jails
01.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) The spokesman of the parliament Ahmed Bahr
02.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Undersecretary of the Palestinian Prisoners Ministry, Bahaa Al-Madhoun
03.SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Member of the Central Committee of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine General Command, Hani Hassouna
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According to the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club, about 250 Palestinians in Israeli prisons have tested positive for coronavirus.
Public Security Minister Amir Ohana said Palestinian prisoners would be the last to get inoculated in the campaign to vaccinate all jailed persons.
Israeli and global rights groups, including Amnesty International, as well as the Palestine Liberation Organization have also issued public calls for Israel to vaccinate the estimated 4,400 Palestinians held in its jails.
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