The Israeli Ministerial Committee for Legislation advanced on Sunday a legislation that prevents Gaza prisoners held in Israeli jails from receiving family visits.
“The bill will allow me to continue to prevent family visits for Gazans imprisoned in Israel as long as Hamas holds the bodies of our soldiers and Israeli citizens without allowing anyone to see them and check in on their status” says Public Security Minister Oren Hazan in a statement praising the decision.
In a previous incident Hazan attacked and shouted abuse at Palestinians going to visit relatives in an Israeli jail telling them that their sons are “terrorists”.
The families on the bus were on their way to Nafha prison in southern Israel from the Gaza Strip in a convoy escorted by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). In a statement the ICRC said it “takes very seriously what happened today”.
