Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a highly contagious illness that spreads rapidly through human-to-human transmission. On March 5, the government of Palestine declared a state of emergency in order to curb the spread of the virus, a declaration that it extended for a fifth time on July 5^th. The degree to which a population complies with corresponding safety measures is surely affected by the people’s knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) towards the disease. To explore this hypothesis, we gathered data from 1,731 Palestinians between April 19^thand May 1^st, 2020 through a KAP questionnaire. The participant pool represented a stratified sample of Palestinians living across a number of governorates in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank, with 36.5% from Gaza and (63.5%) from the West Bank. Gender was almost equally distributed within the sample with (51%) men respondents and (49%) women respondent. The questionnaire included 17 questions about participants’ knowledge and awareness of COVID–19, 17 questions regarding the safety measures they had taken in the wake of the outbreak and 3 questions asking them to assess the efficacy of the government’s response to the pandemic. Our data shows that 79% of the respondents have good awareness about transmission of the virus, 55.6% were knowledgeable of the symptoms exhibited by an infected individual, 81% were aware of the preventative measures and 82% demonstrated awareness of the risk groups. Most participants complied with preventative measures (77%) and 62% the study participants agreed that stricter measures have to be enforced by the government to limit the spread of the virus. Our study revealed that younger participants and people with higher educational level demonstrated more awareness of the virus. Also, Women were reported to be more aware of preventative measures and to have complied more with good practices. We report that residents of the West Bank have complied more with the right practices when compared to residents of Gaza. Based on the results of this study, we conclude that health education programs aimed at improving the public’s understanding of COVID-19 are important in helping the population maintain appropriate practices and should be target people with lower educational level, and that findings such as those discussed in this report may provide valuable feedback to lawmakers working to stop the spread of the virus.

2019 年冠状病毒病 (COVID-19) 是一种高度传染性疾病，可通过人与人之间的传播迅速传播。 3月5日，巴勒斯坦政府宣布进入紧急状态，以遏制病毒传播，并于7月5^日第五次延长该声明。人群遵守相应安全措施的程度肯定受到人们对疾病的知识、态度和实践（KAP）的影响。为了探索这一假设，我们通过 KAP 问卷收集了 2020 年 4 月 19^日至 5 月 1^日期间 1,731 名巴勒斯坦人的数据。参与者群体代表了居住在加沙地带和西岸多个省份的巴勒斯坦人的分层样本，其中 36.5% 来自加沙，（63.5%）来自西岸。样本中的性别分布几乎相等，男性受访者（51%）和女性受访者（49%）。调查问卷包括 17 个关于参与者对 COVID-19 的知识和认识的问题、17 个关于他们在疫情爆发后采取的安全措施的问题以及 3 个要求他们评估政府应对疫情的有效性的问题。我们的数据显示，79%的受访者对病毒的传播有良好的认识，55.6%的受访者了解感染者表现出的症状，81%的受访者了解预防措施，82%的受访者表现出对高危人群的认识。大多数参与者遵守了预防措施（77%），62% 的研究参与者同意政府必须采取更严格的措施来限制病毒的传播。 我们的研究显示，年轻的参与者和受教育程度较高的人对病毒表现出更多的认识。此外，据报道，妇女更加了解预防措施并更多地遵守良好做法。我们报告说，与加沙居民相比，西岸居民更多地遵守了正确的做法。根据这项研究的结果，我们得出的结论是，旨在提高公众对 COVID-19 的了解的健康教育计划对于帮助人们保持适当的做法非常重要，并且应该针对教育水平较低的人群，并且诸如所讨论的研究结果本报告可能会为致力于阻止病毒传播的立法者提供宝贵的反馈。