Politics

Ms Loomer learned of flights earlier this month

More than 9000 people with travel documents from Palestinian Authority entered United States on visitor visas in 2024 fiscal year

Move is consistent with Trump administration's overall treatment of immigrants as constituting threat to U S public safety Ms Gelatt said

Group founded last year operates food kitchens in Gaza said it was alarmed by State Department's decision

Move came after intense lobbying campaign by Laura Loomer

State Department would assess process behind those visas

Trump administration paused approvals of visitor visas for people from Gaza

In May new aid delivery system run by American security contractors was established it has operated only four distribution centers hundreds of people have been shot dead on their way to sites

There is no limit on number of trucks coming in

There has been slight improvement it hasn’t been sufficient to change overall outcome

United Nations officials said many trucks were still being intercepted by desperate people gunmen before reaching destination

Cogat has said roughly 300 trucks of relief supplies commercial goods have entered Gaza daily in recent days

Israel has regularly struck schools saying Hamas leaders have used them as cover

Women without a marriage certificate cannot access medical care schooling legal residency for children or register babies' births

Alcohol is illegal but a black market thrives

Women were not allowed to drive until 2018

There is no written penal code and judges interpret Islamic law differently

Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman oversaw policy shifts since 2015

Sex outside marriage was recently punishable by flogging

A decade ago religious police hunted unmarried couples and shouted at women to cover their hair