Top Palestinian official Erekat dies of Covid-19
Palestine Liberation Organisation secretary general and chief negotiator Saeb Erekat died yesterday of coronavirus complications at the age of 65, the Palestinian president's office said. A lung transplant recipient who suffered from pulmonary fibrosis, "Saeb Erekat died at Hadassah Hospital" in Jerusalem, where he had been admitted on October 18, president Mahmud Abbas's office said. Hadassah hospital said Erekat "passed away in the intensive care unit," where he had been in critical condition for several weeks. Erekat was part of every team to negotiate with Israel since 1991, with the notable exception of the delegation that secretly hammered out the Oslo accords of 1993.
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