Abbas rival arranges another delivery of vaccines to Gaza

• Date: 11 March 2021
• Author: Elad Benari
• Published date: 11 March 2021
• Publication title: Israel National News (Israel)

The vaccines are funded by the UAE, where Dahlan has been staying since he was run out of Ramallah.

The vaccines in question are 40,000 doses of the Russian Sputnik 5 vaccine, which are expected to arrive on Thursday through the Rafah crossing.

This marks the second time that Dahlan has arranged a delivery of vaccines to Gaza. Several weeks ago, he orchestrated a shipment of around 20,000 coronavirus vaccine doses from the United Arab Emirates to Gaza, calling the shipment a "generous grant" from the UAE "at a sensitive time where the pandemic is targeting all our beloved."

A former security chief in Gaza for Fatah, Dahlan was ousted from the party in 2011 and fled to Dubai. His home in Ramallah was later raided by PA security forces.

Abbas has accused Dahlan of, among other things, collaborating with Israel to eliminate a senior Hamas terrorist in 2002.

Dahlan was sentenced in absentia in 2016 to three...