Israel to transfer one million soon-to-expire Covid jabs to Palestinians

Israel is sending one million doses of the Covid vaccine to the Palestinians (Sebastian Scheiner/AP)

Israel has said it will transfer about one million doses of soon-to-expire coronavirus vaccines to the Palestinian Authority in exchange for a similar number of doses the Palestinians expect to receive later this year.

Israel, which has reopened after vaccinating about 85% of its adult population, has faced criticism for not sharing its vaccines with the 4.5 million Palestinians in the occupied West Bank and Gaza.