Reports on April 12 stated that Turkey has officially confirmed it will supply Israel with medical equipment, such as face masks, protective suits and sterile gloves, to fight the coronavirus outbreak. The equipment is expected to be shipped to Israel in the coming days, perhaps already on April 16, together with a similar shipment of medical equipment destined for the Palestinian Authority (PA) in the West Bank.
News of the shipment was first published by Bloomberg on April 9, instigating a multitude of unofficial reactions in Israel. The Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem has refused categorically to comment, though medical shipments from other countries such as the United States and China were celebrated with updates from the ministry’s spokesperson and associates in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. Such was the case with a shipment of 1 million masks supplied by the US Department of Defense.
