The spokesman for the Palestinian Ministry of Health, Kamal Al-Shakhra, confirmed Saturday that the ministry’s mission in the now-canceled vaccine deal with the Israeli Occupation was only to receive Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, and that the Ministry of Health did not supervise or negotiate details of the now-scandalous agreement.

Shakra noted the ministry was informed of the deal by the Ministry of Civil Affairs represented by Minister Hussein Al-Sheikh, who supervised the deal.

Sheikh claimed the vaccines are good and valid.

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The Israeli Occupation's Ministry of Health announced Friday that more than one million doses of Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine will be delivered to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the coming days under a deal to "share" jabs.

Under the terms of the deal, announced by the office of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, the PA agreed to give the Israeli Occupation a reciprocal number of doses from one of its own Pfizer-BioNTech shipments due to arrive later this year.

The Pfizer-BioNTech doses earmarked for the delivery are set to expire soon, according to the office, and they were "approved in light of the fact that [the Israeli Occupation's] vaccine stock meets its needs today."

Al-Shakhra said in statements to Voice of Palestine Radio, that the deal with the almost-expired jabs are problematic.

Friday, the Palestinian government announced the cancellation of the exchange of Pfizer vaccines with the Israeli Occupation, with the Health Minister Mai Al-Kaila saying this is due to the doses not meeting the required specifications.

In a joint press conference with Kaila, PA government spokesman Ibrahim Melhem said after examining the first batch of 90,000 Pfizer doses they received, “it became clear to us. It does not conform to the specifications contained in the agreement.”

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Melhem added that Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh instructed Kaila to cancel the agreement and return the jabs.