Although Jerusalem is still without foreign tourists, far more people were roaming the Old City, where shops reported brisk business. Israel has included Palestinians in east Jerusalem in its swift rollout of vaccines.Today, over 80,000 coronavirus vaccines have entered the Gaza Strip and over 200,000 vaccines have been donated to the Palestinian Authority to be used in the West Bank.Israel has also initiated its program to vaccinate 120,000 Palestinian workers in Israel and the West Bank settlements, so the number of vaccinated individuals has increased.Reuters contributed to this report.#Ramadan decorations fill the streets of Jerusalem’s Old City as Palestinians welcome a holy month freer of COVID-19 restrictions than at the height of the pandemic pic.twitter.com/8zZfh8vul1
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