An-Najah News - Hundreds of people, including officials, attended the funeral of Palestine Liberation Organization official Saeb Erekat Erekat, who died yesterday after contracting coronavirus last month in his Jericho hometown today.

The funeral included family members, officials, and the general public waited at Erekat’s home in Jericho.

His funeral was taken to Ramallah, where President Mahmoud Abbas, Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, as well as PLO and government officials bid him farewell.

Erekat was then buried in an official ceremony at Jericho cemetery.