Israel will administer COVID-19 vaccines to Palestinians who work in Israel or in Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, the Israel Defense Forces announced on Sunday.
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The vaccination campaign, which could apply to around 130,000 Palestinians, will begin within days, the military said.
Shaher Saad, secretary-general of the Palestinian Workers' Union, said thousands of Palestinians who work in the Israeli service and industrial sectors had already been vaccinated privately by their employers inside Israel.
He said Palestinian medical teams would be stationed at checkpoints to administer the vaccines, by agreement with Israeli authorities.
Israel has given at least one dose of the Pfizer Inc vaccine to more than half of its 9.3 million population, including Palestinians in east Jerusalem.
The Palestinians have received around 32,000 vaccine doses to date.
Israeli officials have said that, under the Oslo Accords, the Palestinian Health Ministry is responsible for vaccinating people in Gaza and in the parts of Judea and Samaria where it has limited self-rule.
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