RAMALLAH, Sunday, September 6, 2020 (WAFA) – Two Palestinian prisoners in Israeli Ofer prison were tested positive for coronavirus, according to the Palestinian Prisoner’s Society (PPS).

PPS said Hassan Mohammed Shahadeh from Bethlehem and Saleem Mohammed Idrees from Hebron, were infected with the virus and transferred by the Israeli Prison Services (IPS) to section 18, which has been designated for quarantine.

Seventeen cases have been recorded among Palestinian prisoners since the outbreak of the epidemic, including two released prisoners whose infection was discovered a day after their release from Israeli jails.

T.R.