Rights groups, including HEAL Palestine, have criticized the US State Department for suspending visitor visas for Palestinians from Gaza, warning it will block wounded children from receiving vital medical care in American hospitals, Reuters reported.
The suspension follows claims by far-right activist Laura Loomer, which HEAL Palestine said were false. The charity stressed its program is donation-funded, temporary, and strictly for medical treatment, with families returning afterward.
The US has issued over 3,800 visitor visas to Palestinians this year, but new applications from Gaza are now paused. According to Reuters, critics including the Council on American-Islamic Relations, say the move punishes civilians amid Gaza’s worsening humanitarian crisis.
