Saeb Erekat Transferred to Hadassah Hospital in Jerusalem

A claim that Senior Palestinian official Saeb Erekat has been transferred to a hospital in Tel Aviv is circulating online. 



Saeb Erekat has been one of the most high-profile faces of the Palestinian leadership for decades, especially to international audiences. Social media shared the claim criticizing Erekat for being in an Israeli hospital. Erekat has been a leading Palestinian voice in opposing Israel’s illegal settlement policy in territory it captured and occupied after the 1967 war.



Different pictures showing Saeb Erekat in a hospital are also circulating with the claim.