PLO's Erekat passes away

The Executive Secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization and a senior Palestinian negotiator have died of the coronavirus.

Iran PressMiddle East: Saeb Erekat, the executive secretary of the Palestine Liberation Organization and a senior Palestinian negotiator who had recently suffered from coronavirus, passed away on Tuesday.

Erekat was infected with the coronavirus on October 8 and had been hospitalized at his home in the West Bank until October 18, but was transferred to Hadassah Hospital in Al-Quds due to deteriorating physical condition.

He was 65 years old and had a lung transplant three years ago.

Saeb Erekat, a veteran Palestinian politician, has been a senior negotiator for years.

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