The United States has halted entry via visitor visas for individuals from the Gaza Strip until further notice because some organizations involved in obtaining the visas had close ties with Hamas, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

A day after conservative activist Laura Loomer posted videos on social media of children from Gaza arriving in the U.S. for medical treatment and questioning how they got visas, the State Department said it was halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza pending a review.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that the State Department suspended visitor visas for Gazans because it received “evidence” that some organizations facilitating the visas to the US “have strong links to terrorist groups like Hamas,

Protesters in Israel escalated their ongoing campaign on Sunday to secure the release of hostages held in Gaza.

Visas for starving and sick children from Gaza have been halted by Donald Trump's administration following pressure from a conservative activist who questioned why they were allowed into the US

Israel prepares to move Palestinians to southern Gaza as airstrikes continue - An Israeli airstrike in Gaza killed a baby girl and her parents on Saturday

Loomer seized on a Trump administration policy shift after the State Dept suspended visitor visas for people from Gaza following her one-day online crusade. The post Laura Loomer Takes Victory Lap for State Department’s Gaza Visa Policy Freeze — After Leading MAGA Pile-On first appeared on Mediaite.

The State Department made a major announcement of halting all visitor visas for people from Gaza for the time being, as it conducts a full and thorough review of the "process and procedures" used to issue medial-humanitarian visas in recent days.