Doha says $100 bills to be distributed to 100,000 families; Hamas instructs beneficiaries to maintain distance of 1.5 meters from each another

Terror group racing to build two large isolation facilities; Israel coordinating with World Health Organization to provide hundreds of test kits, medical equipment

PA premier says China will send Palestinians aid for virus testing and respirators; Gaza quarantine to be extended from 14 to 21 days

Day after rocket fired from enclave, committee says Palestinian flags should be raised and Israeli ones burned; calls for people to stay home, follow directives to contain outbreak

IDF strikes Hamas targets after rocket launch towards southern town of Sderot triggers first red alerts in weeks; no injuries or damage reported

Gaza businessman says his company plans to make 25,000 masks every day by the end of March; PA official says firms in West Bank meeting local market's demand

Hamas-run Health Ministry say new infections were all 'security men' who mixed with two confirmed carriers of virus; says all affected in quarantine and not amid general population

Norwegian Refugee Council says it's unable to reach people in need in Syria, Yemen and Gaza, which all have fragile healthcare systems that could become overwhelmed by outbreak

Government body says call to prayer will continue, with muezzins instructing people to pray at home; WHO official says the coastal enclave only has 50-60 ventilators for adults

World Health Organization representative to Palestinians says coastal enclave needs more support from international community to stave off contagion