He didn’t address whether Israel paid for Russian vaccines, and said Russia insisted details of the swap remain secret. Israel announced Friday it had reached a Russian-mediated deal to bring home a young woman who had crossed into neighboring Syria earlier this month. The Israeli reports said Israel paid for an undisclosed number of doses of the Sputnik V vaccine. The released 25-year-old Israeli woman returned to Israel via Moscow and was questioned by Israel’s internal security agency. But earlier this month, Israel agreed to share 2,000 vaccines with the Palestinians to inoculate medical workers in the West Bank.

Source: Egypt Independent February 21, 2021 14:48 UTC