The U.S. State Department announced Saturday that it is suspending all visitor visas for individuals from Gaza while it undertakes “a full and thorough review of the process and procedures” used to grant a limited number of temporary medical-humanitarian visas in recent days.
The department confirmed that only “a small number” of such visas had been issued recently but did not specify how many.
According to an analysis of monthly data posted on the department’s website, the U.S. has issued more than 3,800 B1/B2 visitor visas — which allow foreigners to receive medical treatment in the United States — to holders of Palestinian Authority travel documents, including 640 issued in May alone.
