The West Bank has yet to see any official diagnoses of the new coronavirus strain; COVID has been receding in Palestinian areas in recent weeks

Donation made through internationally-backed COVAX mechanism; vaccines arrive as Palestinians see fourth wave of infections sweep West Bank, Gaza

Most Palestinians remain unvaccinated, despite months of attempts to bring in shots; though currently seeing low rates of infection, health officials fear school year surge

Sides agree that Israel will recognize PA vaccines and that Gazans entering Israel for treatment will be allowed to ferry through crossing via ambulance, instead of walking by foot

Palestinians return 90,000 soon-to-expire doses already sent by Jerusalem, which had planned to deliver over 1 million vaccines before PA canceled agreement

Palestinians return 90,000 doses already sent by Jerusalem, which had planned to deliver over 1 million before PA canceled agreement

Jerusalem hopes to solve dispute that saw Ramallah reject 100k doses with close expiration date; Health Ministry: Palestinians knew of it in advance

PA claims that expiration date on doses Israel has started to deliver is too close; Israel transferred first 100,000 doses on Friday after months of pressure

Concerns remain over shot's safety, effectiveness; Ramallah has so far received just 153,000 doses

So far, enough shots have arrived in Ramallah to inoculate about 1% of the West Bank's Palestinian population